9-11 Memorial

       In late 1941 the need for another fire engine was recognized, and with funding still being tight, the search for a used fire engine was started. In December 1941 a 1921 REO Speedwagon was located in Cottonwood, where it was being used to pump water out of an irrigation ditch. This engine was purchased in early 1942 and was used until the late 1960’s when it was placed in reserve status and turned over to the volunteers for restoration in 1967. Pete Moskoff and his father John started the project which was later taken over by Chief Bellus and Stephen Mix. The project was finally completed in 1982 and is now enjoyed by the whole Shasta Lake community in parades and other functions.

        In the early 1940’s the fire station was moved from its location behind Louie’s Barbershop to a new location on the point between Ashby Road and the Kennett cut off road (now Shasta Dam Blvd.) on property owned by Dr. Bursell. In the late 1940’s Dr. Bursell decided to build a hospital on the property occupied by the fire station. Dr. Bursell provided the Fire District money to purchase property to move the station to its current location. Through the efforts of the volunteers and thanks to the donation of cement blocks the first floor of a new station was built and the old station building placed atop this new structure.

        Shortly thereafter, a flatbed Chevrolet truck was purchased from CDF and built into a fire engine and Clarence Barger donated a 1938 Ford Panel van that became the District’s first rescue unit.

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        The origins of the Summit City Fire Protection District are much harder to nail down as many of the records were lost or destroyed prior to the merger with Central Valley Fire Protection District. What is known is that the District started as the Summit City Community Services District in the 1940’s. Under funded but motivated, the volunteer firefighters fashioned and refurbished almost all of their early apparatus

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