Deadline on RFD1 fire agreement moved to end of month

Editor’s note: this version corrects that a proposal sent by Rural Fire District 1 to The City of Havre has not been brought before Havre City Council.

At a meeting of the Rural Fire District 1 Board Tuesday, the board was granted an extension by Havre Mayor Tim Solomon through the end of July to sign a new fire suppression agreement with the city.

Rural Fire District 1 is essentially a ring around Havre in which the Havre Fire Department previously provided fire suppression services.

The board and the city failed to reach a new agreement by the original July 1 deadline, leaving Rural Fire Dis...