Fire District 13 Commissioners approve five-year plan outline

The COVID-19 pandemic has everyone’s immediate attention.

Fire District 13 Commissioners and personnel, who have been on the front lines of the ongoing virus crisis, are looking to the future as well.

Commission chair Larry Kibbee and panel members Bruce Shellhamer and J.J. Wilbur approved the proposed outline of a new five-year plan for fire district operations as part of a briskly paced 45-minute video-conferenced meeting last Thursday.

“This is the first stage,” Fire District Capt. Ted Taylor said of the outline. “Nothing is cast in concrete, but it’s a snapshot of what we do and what we ha...