Leaders from the Bureau of Land Management, Plumas National Forest, CAL FIRE, the County, and the Doyle Fire Department, along with other local partners, put shovels in the ground on the project yesterday, launching the significant investment to expand the fire station at the Doyle BLM yard. The new firehouse will be staffed around the clock each day of the year.
Dereck Wilson, manager of the BLM Northern California District, said, “This investment in South County will improve wildland fire response and better support our wildland firefighters.”
Not only will the project benefit firefighting capabilities, but the expansion is expected to improve living and working conditions for fire and support crews.
The project features a new four-bay equipment building that will house wildland fire engines from the BLM’s Northern California and Carson City districts and from the Plumas National Forest, which will continue to position a firefighting bulldozer at the station. The building will complement an existing four-bay engine barn.
Wilson said the new building will additionally offer increased office and meeting space, alleviating cramped conditions at the existing fire station office and barracks building. The project represents a $10 million investment into the Doyle community.
Construction will begin in the coming weeks and is expected to be completed this fall.
