After decades of slow emergency response times, a new fire station is finally coming to Kuna’s south side. The donated property along Kuna Road, across from the Madrone Heights by CBH subdivision, will soon become the city’s second fire station, with the goal of cutting response times and saving lives.
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“It greatly affects us out here in the county,” said Trina Neddo, a long-time Ada County resident who lives just steps from the site.
Neddo says the delay in response times has had tragic consequences for some residents. “It’s been hard. [My family] know people who… their lives were lost on that train track, trying to get across for emergency services…. And perished on that train track,” she said.
“There’s certain call types that need the firefighters and the medics there… Those are the frustrating times when somebody’s having chest pain or there is a working fire and we’re delayed,” Kuna Fire Chief T.J. Lawrence said…