Fire District No. 1 to help Santa get around town

OSBURN — With a little help from the firefighters of Shoshone County Fire District No. 1, Santa Claus is coming to the towns of Osburn, Silverton and Wallace on Wednesday.

SCFD No. 1 Lt. Victor Malsom told the News-Press that Santa himself reached out to the district and asked if they could help him spread some extra cheer this year.

"Santa told us that because he couldn’t make it to any parades this year, he wanted to come down and say hello to everyone before his big night on Christmas Eve," he said.

Santa (and possibly Mrs. Claus) will exchange his sleigh for a red fire truck and start his journey on Dec. 23 at the Wallace Fire Station around 4 p.m. He plans to spend roughly 30 minutes touring the city before heading off to Silverton around 4:30 p.m. (see schedule at the end of this article).

After about 10 minutes in Silverton, Santa will end his journey with a 20 minute drive through Osburn.

Lt. Malsom explains that while Santa can be anywhere in no time at all, SCFD No. 1 crews must be available to respond to calls. Because of this, Santa and the firefighters will only be going down the main streets of the towns.

"Santa also said he understands this and said it would also allow him to say hello and get back to the North Pole sooner so he can finish getting things ready for Christmas!"

Proper COVID-19 safety precautions will be observed throughout the tour.

Schedule of Santa's route:

Wallace

• Santa will be starting his ride at the Wallace Fire Station.

• Santa will then travel west on Cedar Street to his first turn, which will be a right on Sixth Street.

• Santa will then be taking a left and traveling west again, but now on Pine Street.

• Next! Santa will be turning left onto Fifth Street and traveling south to Cedar.

• Once on Cedar traveling east, Santa will again turn south on Sixth Street.

• At this point, Santa will be on Bank Street and travel out of town and north to visit the kids of Woodland Park.

• Santa will arrive at the Canyon Side apartments on his firetruck sleigh at 4:10 p.m.

• He will then travel through the parking lot onto Dairy, where he will begin heading south into the town of Wallace again!

• Santa will reenter the town of Wallace at (4:20 p.m., where he will travel down Bank Street to Fifth.

• He will then travel north on Fifth until reaching Cedar Street. Here he will travel west on Cedar.

• Traveling west, he will continue until he finds Second Street, this is where he will once again travel north!

• After reaching River Street, he will travel northwest out of the town of Wallace!

Silverton

• Santa will begin his ride at the Silverton Post Office at 4:40 p.m.

• Santa will then travel north on Markwell Avenue until he reaches Ninth Street at 4:42 p.m.

• Santa will then take a left and travel south on Western Street where he will continue until reaching W. Yellowstone at 4:45 p.m.

• Santa will then travel east until he reaches Markwell Avenue again, where he will turn right and travel south, leaving the town of Silverton at 4:48 p.m.

Osburn

• Santa will be starting his ride at Fire District No. 1 on the east side of Osburn.

• Santa will then travel west on Mullan Avenue all the way through town until reaching the turn to Polaris where he will turn right and travel to the west end of Polaris.

• Santa will then be taking a left and traveling south on Johnson until making the corner onto Yellowstone and traveling east.

• Santa will continue on Yellowstone until reaching Madison Avenue where he will turn right and begin heading south again.

• Santa on his firetruck sleigh will be taking a left onto Larch and begin heading east, where he will travel all the way to 12th Street.

• On 12th Street, Santa will be taking a left leading him north, and back to Mullan Avenue where he will take a right and travel east out of the town of Osburn.