Marion Fire District
Marion's crew arrived in Southern California and is now staged in Camarillo, Ventura County, California to fight the Woolsey Fire.
Marion's board of trustees agreed to send three firefighters (Fire Chief Katie Mast, FF Jessica Barrett, and Shelby Crandall) and one fire engine (1131) to fight the devastating fires in California. According to Chief Mast, she and her crew will be assigned to the Woolsey Fire near Chino. They left this morning. Their estimated return date is November 27th. The...
KPAX reported the proposal passing by a 57%-to-43% margin. The board of trustees, fire chief, and firefighters say a huge thank you to our community for your support. Chief Katie Mast posted on Facebook, "Once again, we are humbled to know that you have our backs and support us so well. We feel your support every day in so many...
Some voters in our fire district have reported that the absentee ballots they received from the Flathead County Elections Department are missing our district's tax levy measure. Those voters will need to vote in person rather than via their absentee ballot, if they want to vote on the measure. Please, contact elections personnel at (406) 758-5535 with questions/concerns. We hope...
The third annual Halloween event at Marion's main fire station had more help and participants than in past years. 36 people from the fire department, Marion Fire Auxiliary, and the community-at-large volunteered to run this year's "haunted house" event over the course of two nights (October 26-27, 2018). The fire department sold 229 $1 cover charge tickets. The Marion Fire...
The Marion Fire District requests that voters support a property tax mill levy measure on the November 6, 2018 elections ballot. We are asking for 18.16 mills to generate an annual income of $94,000. This money will be budgeted for employee wages, equipment updates, and fire apparatus replacements. Please, attend one of our public meetings to get answers to any...
The Board of Trustees is meeting this Thursday, 08/30/2018 at 5 PM at the community center attached to the main fire hall (180 Gopher Lane). The meeting is open to the public and may be of more interest than normal to some, because the trustees will be discussing the fire district's budget and a proposed property tax levy increase request....
At 12:01 a.m. 08/16/2018, Stage 2 Fire Restrictions are in effect...
The fire's size is still approximately 18.5 acres and is at 90% containment. Firefighters from DNRC, Marion, and Smith Valley are still on scene doing "mop up," which involves making sure the interior area of the fire is out. Thank you Marion community for your help and support!