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July 31, 2024, update 

Today we conducted a sprinkler system "flow test" at the new Silverthorne fire station. As with any commercial building, this is a required step in the permitting process, and we're no exception -- even for our own facility. In this test, water carried in the pipe supplying the spinkler system has to be turned on wide open for a minute to ensure that it does not have any debris in it that could clog a sprinkler head. That hose tower is 35 feet tall, and our temporary geyser reached that level with room to spare! Also, check out the images below of the steel frame being erected, giving shape to the living quarters. 

A person in a firefighter's vest labeled "FIRE INVESTIGATOR" watching a high-pressure water leak at a construction site.
Summit Fire & EMS Division Chief Kim McDonald, the fire marshal, oversees the sprinkler-system flow test at the new Silverthorne fire station construction site. 
A construction site with a crane lifting steel beams, sunny sky, workers, and mountains in the background.
Construction site with steel frame structure, clear sky, crane, workers, and mountains in background.
A worker in high-visibility gear is welding metal outdoors, with visible sparks.
Two workers on a lift working on a steel structure with nature in the background.