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Eagle Fire Protection
District will be conducting
an Election for the
following purpose:
Fire District Commissioner,
to be held on Tuesday, the
3rd day of November, 2009,
on which day Polls will be
open from 8:00 a.m. to
8:00 p.m. at the
following designated Polling
Place:
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Eagle City Hall, 660 E.
Civic Lane, Eagle, Idaho
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Eagle Seventh Day
Adventist School, 538 W.
State Street, Eagle,
Idaho.
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The 12th Annual Haunted
Woods
*Opens Oct 16 |
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It's time, time for the
12th Annual Haunted Woods
presented by the Eagle
Volunteer Fire Fighter's
Association.
OPEN . . .
Fridays and Saturdays, Oct
16 & 17 - 23 &
24
Thurs, Fri and Sat Oct 29,
30, 31 dusk to 11:00 PM
Located in Merrill Park next
to the river in Eagle
MORE
INFORMATION HERE
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History of the Eagle Fire Department
March 1, 2008 was a historic day for the
Eagle Fire Protection District as 12
recruits graduated from a vigorous
13-week fire-training program. The
probies will join the current 18 career
firefighters, boasting the ranks of the
Eagle Fire Department’s full-time fire
fighting staff to a total of 30 members
slated to staff the districts three
stations. Suffice it to say, Eagle Fire
Department has come a long way from its
inception in 1947.

In 1946 a catastrophic 4th of July fire
prompted the citizens of Eagle to
establish the Eagle Fire Protection
District. At that time a 1931 Chevrolet
Pumper was purchased to replace the
55-gallon water drums that had
previously been set behind local
businesses to assist with fire
suppression.
During the early 1950’s a fire station
was erected at 149 W. State St. The
facility concurrently served as a local
community center.
In 1954, the Eagle Volunteer Firemen's
Association was established, with Ben
Millikan serving as the first president.
The first paid staff came in 1978 as
Dick Marshall was hired to serve as
Eagle's Fire Marshall. This paid
position was followed with the hiring of
three part-time fire fighters one of
whom acted as the Chief. In 1984, Dan
Friend was appointed to serve as the
full-time fire chief. 1986 saw the
addition of a 3,000 gallon tender. This
addition to the fleet was a great boon
to the suppression efforts as the
community had very few hydrants from
which to draw water.
The rapid growth in Eagle mandated that
a second station be constructed to
adequately serve the expanding
population. In 1996, station #2, located
at Floating Feather and Horseshoe Bend
Rd was opened.
In 2001, Eagle Fire opened a state of
the art facility at 966 Iron Eagle Drive.
In addition to replacing the old station
#1, this new 24,000 square foot building
is home to the department's
administration and fire prevention
department.
A third
fire station opened in June 2008 to
serve the ever expanding community of
Eagle. The station provides
suppression and EMS coverage to the
western most region of the 55-mile Eagle
Fire Protection District.
Eagle Fire, a combination department of
over 40 volunteers and 37 full-time EMT-I/fire
fighters is regarded as one of the most
progressive in the area. The engines
carry the latest equipment and the EMT's
are trained to practice at a level well
above many local departments. The heavy
rescue allows for advanced rescue
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