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New Fire Station Opens In San Diego County's Boulevard

New Boulevard Fire Station Opens

A 7,900-square-foot fire station that will serve residents in the far eastern San Diego County community of Boulevard opened Friday.

The facility will house up to a dozen firefighters, paramedics and six vehicles from the County Fire Authority and Cal Fire.

"This is a huge upgrade for the backcountry area to have this fire station in Boulevard as a center of public safety services," Supervisor Dianne Jacob said.

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She said the facility should reduce response times for the area's 1,800 residents, as well as San Diegans and visitors who get in car crashes on nearby stretches of Interstate 8 that can be difficult to drive.

The station receives electricity from solar panels, and draws water from a well, according to the county.

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