After all of the North Bend Station 87 construction bills were paid, fire district commissioners learned that approximately $35,000 remained unspent in the bond fund. The three-member board decided to use those dollars to buy down the bond, which will be paid off in about 17 years.

The voters of Fire District 38 approved the bond three years ago, which covered about 60 percent of the cost of the facility.  North Bend voters approved a bond as well, picking up the remaining amount needed.

The old fire station, attached to City Hall had several safety, health, stability, and lack of expansion issues, which prompted the $5 million bond measure.

With a couple years of operation behind the, Eastside Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Lee Soptich noted, “The facility continues to live up to everything we had hoped it would be. Our firefighters and the paramedics from Bellevue are in a safe setting, with space sufficient to efficiently and effectively do their work.”