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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 …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Aspiring firefighters can now take a class in Kodiak that will prepare them for a career in firefighting anywhere in the United States. The Firefighter One course is part of a nationally accredited program that teaches its students the ethics, physics, and proper procedure of firefighting. Chief James Mullican of the Kodiak Fire Department says it’s the minimum …

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches speaks with Chief James Mullican from the Kodiak Fire Department, Chief Howard Rue of the Bayside Volunteer Fire Department, and volunteer firefighter Jason Wagner about an ongoing class the two stations are holding called Firefighter One. They also go over the role of volunteer firemen, the different response districts, and their …