CALGARY— For years, the South Calgary No. 5 Fire Station has been dwarfed by the neighbourhoods growing around it.
Now, the city’s oldest working fire hall has officially given way to a new, bigger home base serving more than 28,000 residents of Altadore, Bankview, Elbow Park, Marda Loop, Mount Royal, Richmond, Scarboro and South Calgary.
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STONY PLAIN – The Stony Plain Fire Department presented their third quarter fire department report to town council this past Monday evening. The report included data accumulated a year to the date of the presentation.
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GRANDE PRAIRIE- Premier Alison Redford stopped in Grande Prairie on Thursday, vowing to deliver a long-delayed hospital, new schools and other infrastructure to ease pressure on a region growing in both population and political discontent.
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As Okotoks is gearing up to grow, the town’s fire department is well prepared to respond with the new south fire hall set to open in the spring.
Okotoks fire chief Ken Thevenot said the new facility, which takes up part of the South Ridge Emergency Services Building, is tentatively scheduled to open in May and it will include room for future expansion.
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