Extra space for water tenders: Pullman rural fire department gets new four-truck garage at Whelan

The Pullman Rural fire department now has a new storage building for fire trucks at its station off Highway 27. Shawnee Rock company president Mark Cochran built the four-truck building for the department.

“It easily houses four big trucks. They can just pull in and pull out real easy,” said Cochran.

Rural fire chief Lester Irwin stands inside the new four-truck garage.

The department signed a 25-year-lease with Shawnee Rock. Cochran said the rent over time will compensate him for the cost of constructing the building. The new structure was built alongside an older concrete building which the...