Mason County Fire District 11, known as Island Lake Fire, officially consolidated and merged into Central Mason Fire & EMS on Thursday.

According to a CMFE news release, the merger will help the district to better serve the community. Combining both departments allows CMFE to better manage future training, required training classes, one-on-one training needs and management of training records.

Another benefit includes large supply purchases, including daily-use medical supplies, consolidated fuel accounts and tracking, and other mutual business accounts. Consolidating apparatus and eq...