On last week’s Z107.7 Up Close Show, host Gary Daigneault spoke with County Fire Chief Dan Munsey and County Board of Supervisors Chairman Dawn Rowe. Chief Munsey discussed the future of the Desert Heights fire station, the currently inactive Fire Station #43 on Lear Ave in Twentynine Palms. Currently a training facility leased to Copper Mountain College, Munsey said that the station is being prepared to a return to service. Munsey said
“Over the past year, the Fire District has invested in the Desert Heights Fire Station.
“We did fire fighter and EMT training for a number of years out of that facility. And we continue to have a great relationship with Copper Mountain College. A lot of our fire fighters that work out the county came from Yucca Valley, and received training from the college. It is an important institution for us, so we did lease the Lear Station in Desert Heights to the college for a number of years.
“Unfortunately, a nubmer of years ago, there was a water leak, and it almost destroyed the fire station. Over the last couple years we have been preparing the fire station to become a fire station again, remodeling it away from a classroom and back to a staffed fire station.”
You can listen to the full conversation with Chief Munsey and Supervisor Rowe by listening to the Z1077 Up Close Show as a podcast at our website our wherever you get your podcasts.
