Consultants brought in to help local fire departments

The fire departments of Medical Lake, Airway Heights and Spokane Fire District 10 are once again putting their heads together, but this time they are bringing in an outside source for help.

The three fire departments have entered into an interlocal agreement to bring in consultants from Emergency Services Consulting International (ESCI) to perform an evaluation of the three individual departments, as well as, provide recommendations on how the departments can improve their cooperation between each other.

The cooperative agreement between the fire departments to hire a consulting service is the...