Thanks to some grant funding, Grant County Fire District 3 will beef up its firefighting force by the start of next year.
District 3 serves the city of Quincy, Crescent Bar and the George areas.
District 3 Chief Don Fortier said the $300,000 SAFER grant along with some matching funds will help the station round out its weekend staff, “we are primarily a volunteer station, it’s getting increasingly difficult to have the station adequately staffed on the weekends.”
Fortier said the addition of two new firefighters can cut response times down to a fraction of what it is now. Fortier wants to hire the new firefighters by early winter.