Havre City Council approves RFD1 fire suppression agreement

After months of back-and-forth arguments between the city of Havre and Rural Fire District 1, the Havre City Council unanimously approved a new Fire Suppression Contract with RFD1 and adopted a number of other resolutions and ordinances in their monthly meeting Monday evening.

The RFD1 Board approved this contract, which was sent to the city for consideration last month, establishes that the city will provide fire suppression services to the people of Rural Fire District 1 and that the district will appoint someone local to handle fire code enforcement.

RFD1 is essentially a ring around H...