A fire fought by the Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Fire Department near Ellison Bay last week featured a cooperative effort involving select northern door fire departments using a program called “MABAS.” Sister Bay/Liberty Grove Assistant Fire Chief Mike Goldstone praised the mutual aid box alarm system or “MABAS”…
Goldstone said the departments that were called on joined the coordinated effort as if they all were part of the same fire department. He provided one example…
Goldstone said having a mutual aid plan in place is something that has been part of county firefighting plans for years, but “MABAS” takes the process a positive step forward.
