Most were calls for emergency medical services
The city of Medical Lake purchased a 1995 Freightliner fire engine to replace the Fire Department's 1986 Ford fire engine.
The Medical Lake Fire Department had a steady year of calls in 2014.
At the Jan. 5 City Council meeting, Assistant Fire Chief Corey Stevens announced that the department had 46 calls for December with 36 emergency medical service (EMS) calls. Ten of those were to the state institutions.
Stevens said the department had 592 calls in 2014. They responded to 32 structure fires on the West Plains. On some of these calls, they assisted the Airway Heights, Spokane County Fire District 3 and Fire District 10 fire departments.
"Our automatic aid agreements (with other departments) have been beneficial...
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