According to a report from The Salisbury Post, the Salisbury (NC) Fire Department (SFD) will debut its new Fire Station No. 6, the Monroe and Isler Fire Station, to the public on Sunday.

A virtual “Open House” link is also available at salisburync.gov/Fire. Here, “attendees” can tour the new fire station online and view the live dedication beginning at 2 p.m.

Located at 310 Cedar Springs Road, the station is dedicated to Justin Monroe and Victor Isler, two SFD members who died in the line of duty in 2008. Both members’ families will be present at the dedication and receive an in-person tour of the facility.

Planning for the station began in 2017. Its main purpose is to serve the entire city of Salisbury, although its primary goal is to cover its own fire response district: the areas south of the Mid Carolina Airport, which includes Camp Road, Long Meadow Drive, Grace Church Road, Airport Road, and the neighborhoods of Stoney Brook, Kings Forrest, Matika Village, Little Acres, Weatherstone, and the Long Meadow Industrial Park.

The facility also houses a training wing, the hazmat team, and the fire staff.

To facilitate construction, the SFD pointed to six acres of undeveloped property along Cedar Springs Road, west of U.S. 29 South. This site provides access to every main road to aid in a timely emergency response, while the land offers space for the fire station as well as a significant natural buffer.

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According to a report from KCCI, a bond issue that would have brought a new fire department in Mitchellville, Iowa, failed on Tuesday. The Mitchellville Fire Department (MFD) has said it desperately needs a new facility, but town water issues are a matter that is acting as a roadblock to making it happen.

A team of 16 MFD volunteer members met at a building that also doubles as a police department. Plans for a new station have been ongoing for the past two years, so the outcome of Tuesday’s vote was upsetting.

Also, another issue is room for their equipment. Garments they wear to put out fires go home with volunteers and they could be containing toxic chemicals.

Bill Roberts, a city council member and a volunteer MFD firefighter, said the department is trying to reduce the carcinogens for the health and safety of its members as well as for fear of picking up patients because the toxins will be on their gear.

The members are hopeful, however, and said they will continue to advocate for a new facility. The MFD’s chief said they could put this decision back on a special election ballot in six months.

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PHOTO: A Lynden water treatment business on Bender Road was destroyed in a fire Thursday morning. Lynden Fire Chief Mark Billmire says a detached two car garage that housed Northwest Water Treatment was fully involved in fire as crews arrived just before 9 a.m. He says there was some concern about chlorine or other chemicals inside the building but they found only inert chemicals that posed no danger to firefighters or the public.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2021 12:47:38 PM - SOURCE: KISM-FM 92.9

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SMEAL—McAfee Fire Department, Vernon Township, NJ. 100-foot aerial platform quint. Spartan Gladiator MFD cab and chassis; Cummins X15 600-hp engine; Waterous CC 100 PL 2,000-gpm pump; UPF Poly 300-gallon water tank; Harrison 10-kW generator; TFT Monsoon RC platform monitor. Dealer: Shawn Hanzalik, Campbell Supply Company, South Brunswick, NJ. (Photo by John M. Malecky.)

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