FD 13 Open House names units to honor Larry Kibbee

Contributions to local firefighting by retired Skagit County Fire District 13 Commissioner Larry Kibbee won’t soon – if ever – be forgotten.

That is because Kibbee’s name will be associated with improvements at the district’s Snee-Oosh Road firehall.

The district’s new firefighter and EMT residential units will be dedicated in honor of Kibbee’s service and showcased during a Sept. 13 public open house 12-2 p.m. at the Snee-Oosh station.

“It will be a two-hour event,” district fire chief Wood Weiss said, and will include building tours, information booths, distribution of bicycle safety helmets...