The five new fire-retardant loading pits will be up and running for service starting June 1st, just in time for fire season this year.
REDDING, Calif. – A $28 million, multi-phased project is coming to fruition to modernize a local fire attack base in Redding.
On Thursday, there was a celebration and ribbon-cutting ceremony for new enhancements at the Redding Air Attack Base.
And thanks to money from the federal government, that one-of-a-kind, modern-designed base is now in Northern California. And there are no others like it in the world.
The project has been five years in the making, with the help of the U.S. Army Corps Engineers, the City of Redding, and the Shasta-Trinity National Forest.
“This will be the flagship of tanker bases in the world. This is important because this doesn’t happen all the time, and not only are we proud of what’s been built here and what’s happening …