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Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department breaks ground on new station site
Read full article: Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department breaks ground on new station siteMONETA, Va โ After serving the community for more than 40 years, the Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department is finally getting a home of its own. Thursday the Smith Mountain Lake Marine Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department broke ground on the future site of the departmentโs very first station. โThis will help tremendously with central location because right now weโre storing our equipment at different locations all across the lake,โ Ohlerich said. โWe do help a lot of people you know Smith Mountain Lake is very unique, we are the only one in the country that has an all-volunteer Marine base ISO certified Fire Department,โ Volunteer Ray Talley said. The department hopes to have the building complete by the end of the year continuing to keep the Smith Mountain Lake community safe.