A rural Washington state fire district’s plan to buy and move a used mobile home to be used for its firefighters turned into a nightmare after a series of miscalculations and missteps.
The Seattle Times reported (http://bit.ly/V0UEEa) that Joe Clow, chief of a rural fire-protection district based in Enumclaw, wanted to use the mobile home to establish sleeping quarters for firefighters at a remote station to help improve response times.
The plan quickly went off the rails, however, and the report cited the case as emblematic of the troubles with Washington’s rural fire districts, which have been singled out by the State Auditor’s Office for questionable management.
The mobile homes projected eight-mile move ended up taking much longer than expected and running up a $300,000 price tag.
Read more about the situation at http://bit.ly/V0UEEa.
