The City Council of Black Diamond has an opportunity to have a desperately needed fire station in the older part of the city paid for by YarrowBay.

Why is this station desperately needed, you ask. Two years ago the fire chief made a presentation to the City Council that gave response times for all parts of the city and most of the old city is substandard. Substandard means the time for a fire apparatus to arrive is eight minutes or more. In eight minutes your house would be fully involved in flames and God forbid someone was trapped inside, rescue would be very difficult.

Yarrow bay has agreed to pay for this fire station now. All it takes is for the city council to stop playing politics and put the safety of the residents — 2,500 of us — in the original part of the city first. The process can start immediately — all it takes is for the city council to pass the CFD that YarrowBay has asked for that applies only to their property. Please do not keep us at risk any longer. We deserve the same type of response that the residents of Lake Sawyer get — two to six minutes. Pass the CFD and don’t play politics with peoples lives.

Mario Sorci

Black Diamond