(West Fargo, ND) It s a number that West Fargo fire officials haven t seen ever before in the city.
During the February 1st, City Commission meeting, Fire Chief Dan Fuller said that the department responded to 2,186 calls in 2020. Of those, the department surpassed 1,000 fire rescue and public service calls for the first time. That represents a 2.5% increase in calls from 2019 to 2020. The City Commission approved the purchase of land for a new fire headquarters to meet the critical needs of the city in late 2020.
“The new fire headquarters will greatly expand our capacity to handle multiple emergency calls in different sections of the city. This will reduce response times and improve outcomes for both medical and fire emergencies,” said Fuller.
The Knoxville Police Department will make position changes at the end of January. Officers Chris Rowland and Skyler Verros will be promoted to the position of Sergeant. Chief Aaron Fuller says this is part of a reorganization phase that should set the department up for success in the future.
“The department went into a reorganization phase where we created positions and promoted two officers to Sergeant. We also created a criminal investigator position. All of that will take effect at the end of January. Hopefully then we can solidify our reorganization and not have to do that for a while.”