Rural Fire District 1, City of Havre to continue fire suppression discussions through August

At Rural Fire District 1's monthly meeting yesterday, district board chair Steve Jamruszka said while there is no fire suppression agreement in place with the City of Havre at the moment, some progress has been made as the board was granted another extension through August.

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

The city last fall canceled the previous contract effective at the end of June to enable writing another contract which delegated responsibility for enforcing fire codes in the district....