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Show -- - 1- ; i vT: ! m- -m "v j --.V ' l ' ),r- . . , ' 1 . - - k - " : y m The Lone Peak Fire District services Alpine, Highland, American Fork Canyon to Mineral Basin and Cedar Hills with 25 part-time fire fighters and paramedics assigned specifically to the Cedar Hills department. Cedar Hills has 12 full-time staff, two of which are always at the station as well as a senior medicfire fighter. Pictured I to r: Brian Hodson. Chief Brad Freeman and Joe McRae. , . , J Photo courtesy of Gen Taylor Cedar Hills Has Fire Department by Geri Taylor Residents of Cedar Hills can finally have peace of mind that any emergency or disaster will now be responded to in a fraction of the time. The 247, manned fire department is fully ful-ly equipped to handle any crisis, cri-sis, with backup staff a phone call away. The station houses a paramedic para-medic ambulance, fire truck, brush truck and rescue trailer which carries equipment for any type of canyon incident rescue. The grand opening on Saturday, April 23, came three weeks after the department officially of-ficially opened and was attended attend-ed by hundreds of residents and city officials throughout the day. It was hard to miss with the Districts 105' and 75' tower trucks arching over Cedar Ce-dar Hills Drive with their 50" flag flying between and the frequent siren blasts from the engines. Tours of the building and equipment were conducted by staff and interns, giving citizens an up-close look at the life of a fire fighterparamedic. Cedar Ce-dar Hills has 12 full-time staff, two of which are always at the station on a 48 hour shift, followed fol-lowed by 96 hours off. A senior medicfire fighter is always at the station. While the building will function mainly as the fire department, city offices have been relocated to the west end and basement of the building. The renovated city hall now has bedrooms, a TV room, kitchen and workout area for fire fighters. The council room is the only unchanged area on the main level and will be used twice a month for city council meetings. Community Services and the city planner have moved into the Public Works building on Canyon Road. Lone Peak Fire District services ser-vices Alpine, Highland, American Ameri-can Fork Canyon to Mineral Basin and Cedar Hills, with 25 part-time fire fighters and paramedics para-medics assigned specifically to the Cedar Hills department. However, equipment will be dispatched dis-patched from other cities as soon as a call comes in. There is a minimum requirement that seven personnel respond to a call and the Highland engine crew will always be dispatched with a platform plat-form or tower truck. Brian Hodson, public information infor-mation officer for Lcne Peak Fire Department, lives in Cedar Hills and knows many residents were unaware the building they thought housed fire and emergency equipment equip-ment was acuially empty. After 10 years, the station is now fully equipped to handle first-response incidents, giving the community an added and appreciated security. |