![About 200 people came to the ribbon cutting and pre-opening ceremony at Kern County Fire Station 58 near Pine Mountain Village July 12. Above, Frances Durocher and William Gurtner hold the banner which is now a historic symbol of the remote community’s struggle to gain better emergency medical response. At the podium, A.J. Durocher presents Kern County Fire Chief Brian Marshall with historical clippings from The Mountain Enterprise about the last decade of the effort. At right, community leader Edie Stafford looks on with pride. [photo by Mel Weinstein]](https://mountainenterprise.com/wp-content/uploads/FireStationRibbonCutting_Weinstein-324x231.jpg)
About 200 people came to the ribbon cutting and pre-opening ceremony at Kern County Fire Station 58 near Pine Mountain Village July 12. Above, Frances Durocher and William Gurtner hold the banner which is now a historic symbol of the remote community’s struggle to gain better emergency medical response. At the podium, A.J. Durocher presents Kern County Fire Chief Brian Marshall with historical clippings from The Mountain Enterprise about the last decade of the effort. At right, community leader Edie Stafford looks on with pride. [photo by Mel Weinstein]
It was a jubilant moment on Saturday, July 12 when Supervisor David Couch, Kern County Fire Chief Brian Marshall and PMCPOA board chair William Gurtner cut a blue satin ribbon in front of the engine bay doors to new Fire Station 58 in the Pine Mountain…
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About 200 people came to the ribbon cutting and pre-opening ceremony at Kern County Fire Station 58 near Pine Mountain Village July 12. Above, Frances Durocher and William Gurtner hold the banner which is now a historic symbol of the remote community’s struggle to gain better emergency medical response. At the podium, A.J. Durocher presents Kern County Fire Chief Brian Marshall with historical clippings from The Mountain Enterprise about the last decade of the effort. At right, community leader Edie Stafford looks on with pride.
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