Malta Fire Chief Updates City Council on Equipment Needed

Malta Fire Chief, Josh Newman, visited the Malta City Council at their regular meeting on Tuesday, October 12, to update them on equipment needed.

Newman first informed the council that the overall fire call numbers are down for the year at this time.

“I was really worried with the weather conditions that we had this past summer,” said Newman. “But everyone was really conscious of the conditions and were extra careful.”

He went on to say that the two bigger fires that they did have brought up a couple of things that the department might want to look into getting.

Newman told the council that t...