CITY GOVERNMENT
services, the department provides fire prevention pre-planning to businesses, fire prevention and educa- tion, hydrant inspections and fire drills upon request. It also provides low-income households with smoke de- tectors. The department will be taking over the mainte- nance of nine warning sirens within the city. The Mountain Home Fire
Department is dispatched jby the E-911 Center, which dispatches all other Baxter County fire departments. The Mountain Home
department automatically responds with aid for struc- ture fires outside the city limits with Clarkridge and Buford fire departments, and it has mutual aid agree- ments with other surround- ing departments to provide aid upon request. The department has two
fire stations and a reserve station. Its equipment in- cludes five pumpers, a ladder truck, a heavy-rescue unit, a special response com- munications center, two tankers, two manpower units, two hazardous-waste trailers and a tower truck. » Main station: City Hall,
720 S. Hickory St. » 425-2611 » Website:
mtnhome.com/~mhfire
Street Department Street Department Direc-
tor Amon Tilley oversees about 220 miles of streets and 28 street department employees. The street de- partment also houses the office of the city’s engineer, Amy Kraft. Eighty-five per- cent of the street work in the city is performed by depart- ment personnel. » Office: 2903 AR Hwy.
201 N. » 425-4708
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Water and Sewer Department
The Mountain Home Wa-
ter and Sewer Department is at 752 N. College St. Alma Clark is the director. Mountain Home’s water
source is Norfork Lake. Along with the city, the de- partment serves outlying areas as well. The water treatment plant is designed with an 8 million-gallon-per- day pumping capacity. The sewer treatment plant has a
5 million-gallon-per-day treatment capacity. New residential water
customers pay a $125 depos- it, which includes a $30 con- nection fee. Commercial users pay a $219 deposit that includes a $30 connection
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