Progress on the new Schilling Road Fire Hall is slow but steady. We are now looking at a completion date of December 1, 2018. The concrete floor took considerable effort, as it had to be perfect to support the weight of a fully loaded tender and the fire engines. District volunteers delivered water to the site to assist in the proper curing of the concrete and settling of the parking area. The building’s metal framework is now complete. The roof and exterior walls go on next. The roof will act as an apron, collecting precipitation and channeling it into a 28,000-gallon underground storage tank called a Rain Cavern, provided by Conservation Technology Inc. District first responders will help install it during the first week of October.
Now that the new fire hall will soon be a reality, we need more volunteers from that area to help man the station in an emergency and to meet minimum staffing levels required for insurance companies to lower homeowner insurance rates.
Thank You Yakama Tribe
Once again High Prairie Fire District is the happy recipient of a grant from the Toppenish Casino. The $4,500 will go to much needed supplies and equipment. A BIG thank-you to the Casino.