Privately funding fire & EMS coverage for the communities north of Jackson — on land the County has set aside for more than twenty years.
W H O W E A R E
The Friends of Gros Ventre Fire Station is a 501(c)(3) corporation — so your donations are tax-deductible.
The directors are north-of-town residents and Teton County voters who came together to make a long-stalled fire station a reality.
The County has held a long-term plan for a fire station on Spring Gulch Road for over twenty years but has never been able to budget the money to build it.
The Friends and the Teton County Commissioners have agreed on a plan to make it real. If the funds are raised this year, the Fire/EMS station can be operational in 2029.
Communities north of Jackson are served by Station 1 in town. For a medical emergency, that means a 40-minute round trip to the hospital. When time is everything, that gap is a life-or-death risk. I
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Distance from a fire station gives homes north of town the worst ISO rating possible and double the premium of homes closer in. New policies are hard to get, and existing ones are being cancelled.
$10M THE GOAL
Raise up to $10M for construction and preoperating expenses of the Fire/EMS Station.
$8M TO BEGIN
The County requires $8M proof of funds to start either cash or a line of credit against pledges.
9/30/26
Donations are pledged, then converted to cash at milestones during design and construction.
