Old Harbor Mayor Rick Berns posed with a member of the community’s volunteer fire department in front of their new engine which they received from Bayside Fire Department in Kodiak. (Photos by Daysha Eaton/KMXT) Old Harbor has a new fire truck. Well, at least a new used one. Old Harbor Mayor, Rick Berns, says the 1983,750-gallon Ford Grumman fire engine …
Read More »Bayside Volunteer Fire Department gets two new vehicles
Members of the Bayside fire station stand next to Bayside’s two new vehicles. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Bayside Volunteer Fire Department exhibited its new equipment at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly regular meeting Thursday. The department parked its two new vehicles, a fire engine and a tender, outside the borough building to show assembly members …
Read More »Assembly OK’s New Engine and Tanker for Bayside Fire Department
A schematic of a Spartan Motors pumper truck. The Kodiak island Borough Assembly has gone along with the wishes of the board from Fire Service Area 1, and so the Bayside Fire Department should have a brand new fire engine in about one year. The Assembly voted at its meeting last Thursday to award the proposal for a new engine …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Hockey and Firefighting
On today’s Talk of the Rock, we chat about hockey and firefighting, but not at the same time. First, members of the Kodiak Hockey League join to reminisce about how they got involved in the sport. They’ll also cover future competitions. Then, two representatives of the Bayside Volunteer Fire Department come to talk about why they signed up and the …
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