By Brad Nygaard
The Bismarck Tribune
BISMARCK, N.D. — Officials on Wednesday dedicated the Bismarck Rural Fire Department’s newest facility, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 83 and 71st Street.
The 9,000-square-foot building houses three pieces of firefighting apparatus with room for more, and includes amenities such as a kitchen, laundry, office space, an exercise room and sleeping rooms.
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The $3.2 million building is staffed on a part-time basis, but Fire Chief Dustin Theurer said the department is working toward full-time staffing in hopes of increasing public safety and reducing response times.
The bulk of the funding for the facility came from federal coronavirus pandemic relief funds to Burleigh County through the American Rescue Plan Act.
More than 200 first responders battled the two-story row home blaze for about three hours, with four victims dying at the scene and two more pronounced dead at the hospital, as fire marshals investigate a lithium-ion battery found at the scene
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Aurora Engine 7 arrived to find smoke showing from the second floor and a resident reporting a child trapped in an Elkhart Way apartment
November 06, 2026 06:00 AM
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Robbins, injured in the May explosion at Robbins Lumber Mill that killed two first responders and severely injured EMS Chief Sarah Tompkins, was escorted home by volunteer first responders to a community welcome in Searsmont
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No injuries were reported after the blast at the Loveland Products plant in Greenville, which officials said involved a fire associated with a herbicide chemical, prompting a brief shelter-in-place order for nearby residents that was lifted by noon
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