Yes, there were a lot of sirens wailing through Fountain Hills Friday morning, Aug. 16, in what proved to be a demonstration of the emergency response system Fountain Hills Fire Department is now a part of.
When the town transitioned the fire department to a local operation and divested from the long-standing contract with Rural/Metro Corp a lot of work was done on agreements for mutual aid response with other departments under the regional dispatch umbrella.
Fire Chief Dave Ott explained to the town council at its Aug. 20 regular session how the system really worked under an actual fire scenario – quite well, he noted.
