The first look at Charlotte’s first electric fire station was released this week, WSOCTV.com reported.

The Charlotte Fire Department tweeted a rendering of the Station 30 project. It will be located at 3019 Beam Road, across the street from the Police and Fire Training Academy.

From Grandma’s house to the Firehouse!!! Construction will start on the new fire station 30 in the very near future!!! A big thanks goes out to City Council , Manager Marcus Jones and last but not least the citizens of Charlotte for their investment in the Charlotte Fire Dept. pic.twitter.com/Nla7HfH5AH

— Charlotte Fire Dept. (@charlottefire) October 20, 2022

A look at the rendering for the new Charlotte Fire Station 30. This will be the city’s first all electric fire station. #CLTCC is planning to purchase an electric fire truck. Station 30 will be located at 3019 Beam Road, across the street from the Police and Fire Training Academy pic.twitter.com/6Q2nqEDK0R

— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) October 22, 2022

Matoaca in Chesterfield County (VA) is getting a new fire station, WTVR.com reported. Chesterfield County officials broke ground Thursday at the site of the new Matoaca Fire Station No. 8 at 6612 Hickory Road.

The new station, which is scheduled to open in early 2024, will replace the community’s 60-year-old fire station, the report said.

The older station on Pickett Avenue was built in 1962 and is too small to house modern firefighting and EMS equipment and vehicles, the report said.

Earlier this month, the Indianapolis City-County Council approved a $7 million bond to completely rebuild Station 20 on Emerson and 16th street, WishTV.com reported.

An additional $1 million was set aside for improvements to several different fire stations. There are unseen hazards in older fire stations, like firefighting equipment that emits cancerous fumes, the report said. IFD wants to build a separate storage area to store the equipment.

Space inside the average firehouse has shrunk over the years as the station was retrofitted to accommodate a changing workforce. IFD has made the most of its fire stations, but much like an old home, even firehouses need repairs.

An additional $7.5 million was appropriated to build a new firehouse replacing the existing one in Broad Ripple, which is nearly 100-years-old, the report said.

Emergency crews rescued a 26-year-old man Saturday afternoon near the Rocks of Sharon. According to Spokane County Fire District 8, first responders hiked 2.5 miles along the Steven's Creek Trail to rescue the man. Upon arrival they stabilized the man's injuries and transported him out with a UTV.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2022 8:55:03 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison has identified Rosalind Dickinson, 53, of Moses Lake as the victim of a house fire at 8927 Craw Lane in the Larson community, according to a statement from the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. “Dickinson’s remains will undergo an autopsy, which is a normal procedure.
- PUB DATE: 10/22/2022 8:16:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald - Metered Site