At one point at the beginning of the COVID 19 pandemic, nearly half the fire department was quarantined by the Missoula City County Health Department, said new Fire Chief Gordy Hughes on Friday’s City Talk program.
Missoula’s Crisis Intervention Team is marking its seventh year of service to the community, and will be transferring its location from the Missoula Fire Department to the Police Department.
A service call by the Missoula Fire Department that occurred early in the morning of December 27, helped to save the life of a Spokane Valley firefighter, using equipment and a new Pit Crew CPR technique taught to the Missoula firefighter/EMT’s by the Spokane Valley Fire Department back in 2015.
Early Saturday evening, the Missoula City Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire just under the Scott Street Bridge where smoke and flames were visible from two buildings and several vehicles.