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One of the factors used by insurance companies in determining your fire insurance rates is the City’s ISO rating. The Insurance Services Office evaluates fire protection infrastructure throughout the country. Just about every aspect of a city and a fire department is evaluated in determining the ISO rating.

The City of Homer is pleased to welcome Mark Kirko as the new Fire Chief for the Homer Volunteer Fire Department.

Mr. Kirko currently serves as Fire Chief/CEO for North Whidbey Fire & Rescue in Oak Harbor, Washington where his duties on Whidbey Island include supervising six career staff and seventy-six part time and on-call volunteer firefighters and EMS providers.  He brings 34 years of experience in fire service to the position, with twenty-five of those years in Alaska. 

On Friday, May 17, artist Jeffrey Dean of Creative Fires Studio in Homer unveiled a new piece of public art in the pocket park next to the Homer Volunteer Fire Department.

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

by the City of Homer, Alaska, for

Structural Firefighting Turnout Coats, Pants, Gloves and Hoods

The City of Homer is requesting proposals for the purchase of 15 sets of fire fighter structural protective turnout coats, pants, gloves and hoods as an initial order, and then continuing on an ‘as-needed’ basis as outlined in the proposal packet.

INVITATION TO BID

By the City of Homer, Alaska

City Hall Roof Replacement 2019

Addendum #1 Issued 05/29/19

Addendum #2 Issued 05/31/19

This summer marks the 50^th anniversary of the first American astronauts blasting into space to explore the moon.  Most of us won’t fly to the moon, but we can still get there — and anywhere else we dream of going — inside books.  Summer@HPL, themed The Universe of Stories encourages children and adults to explore the universe of stories available to them through the local library.