VIDEO: The Spokane Fire Department may lose 48 firefighters and first responders temporarily or permanently due to those employees not being vaccinated by the Oct. 18 deadline set forth in Governor Jay Inslee's mandate. Those 48 firefighters have applied for and gotten approval for exemptions to the vaccine mandate.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

The city council approved designs for a fire station after the cost was reduced, reports The Dispatch.

Last spring, officials voted to replace the aging and dilapidated Station 3 firehouse. The firehouse was built in 1969 and expanded in 1987. In the decades since, it has fallen into disrepair and no longer meets the needs of the department.

The overall cost estimate was around $5.5 million. The estimated value of the old fire station land is around $1.5 million.

With the revised design, the new estimate for the Station 3 firehouse at 65^th Street dropped to just over $9 million, which, after the sale of the old station, could be reduced further to around $7.6 million.

A two-story, 14,800 sq ft fire station being built on water will soon be operational in San Francisco, reports ASCE.

The city posted to the Public Works’ website, “The new Fireboat Station No. 35 at Pier 22 1/2will be a two-story, 15,000+ sq. ft. fireboat station behind the existing fireboat house. The fireboat house is a San Francisco Landmark, and will continue to function as Engine Company No. 35.  The new structure will be built on top of a steel float and anchored by four guide piles. This will allow the new fireboat station to rise and fall with the natural tide of the Bay, King Tides and projected Sea Level Rise. San Francisco Fire Department’s three fireboats and rescue watercraft will be moored at the new floating facility.  The existing dilapidated Piers 22 1/2 and 24 will be demolished. 

Funding for this project is provided by the Earthquake Safety and Emergency Response (ESER) bond, which passed with 79 percent approval of San Francisco voters in June 2014.”

At the the Godfrey Fire Protection District (GFPD) board meeting, village officials presented a $50,000 check, reports The Telegraph.

In 2018, Godfrey village trustees voted unanimously to provide $500,000 to purchase the new fire truck and apparatus in exchange for a piece of land.

Ahmeek Fire Department is supplementing a United States Department of Homeland Security grant through GoFundMe to purchase a fire truck, reports Keweenaw Report.

The fire department posted to GoFundMe, “Last summer, we received a FEMA grant for a new rescue truck, totaling $173,000.00. We are $45,000 short of the total purchase price. This new vehicle is replacing a 1985 pickup truck that is a mechanical nightmare and unsafe. The rescue truck will carry a vast array of rescue equipment for various types of emergencies and it will respond throughout the region when requested.”