The Town of Fountain Hills has been operating the fire department since the first of this year after ending its contract with Rural/Metro Corp.
The department and its extended family of more than 100 got together for its first “pinning” ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to present the roughly three dozen personnel with their official badges, and nearly all were accompanied by family members.
Fire Chief Dave Ott commented that following the year-long transition from contract to independent, the department is working well with smooth interaction and operations between other departments within the town as well as neighboring fire departments.
