The updated design for a fire station in Jersey City Heights has been revealed, reports Jersey Digs.

An initiative to replace an aging police facility has officially entered the next development stage and the initial proposal has been revamped significantly following community input.

The property, built in 1901, has outlived its usefulness due in part to decades of neglect. A new station has been pitched for several parcels that currently host a surface parking lot. The city released a preliminary design in 2019 and requested input from residents, hosting many meetings and launching several online surveys.

Jersey City Mayor posted to Facebook, “We have been upgrading facilities in Jersey City that has been neglected for decades. The North Police Precinct is a good example of this. So… we are building a new North District (across from Renato’s Pizza Masters) that will achieve a couple goals for the community: 1) will update the current North District that is more than 100 years old and in disrepair 2) will get all of the police vehicles that park on the street to be off the street and located in the police facility 3) will create meeting space for community groups that want to utilize it. We have met with the community in the surrounding area numerous times and have incorporated their feedback. They requested the building design be changed to be more consistent with the aesthetics in the area, and they requested that we don’t use Sherman as an access point being it is one way – both of those requests we took seriously and incorporated. The next step is getting the formal construction documents completed so we can bid out the project.”

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Officials unanimously voted to accept a total of $69,000 in donations that will increase the fire station budget, reports YourObserver.com.

Siesta Key Fire Rescue Advisory Council is donating $16,000 for gym equipment. The Gulf & Bay Condominium Association is donating $53,000. The two donations increased the project’s overall not-to-exceed limit from $5,923,707 to $5,992,707.

The $53,000 donation will be used to construct the wall while the county will pay for redesign and permitting from its existing contingency. The wall is mandated by county regulations.

Construction of the wall will be rolled in with construction of the 10,500-square-foot facility, which is expected to be complete this summer.

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Town officials have agreed to include office space as part of the new station design after it was determined the cost of separate projects would be comparable to including office space in the new building, reports Greenfield Reporter.

Firefighters had expressed that including updated office space in the new design is a priority. This addition raised the estimated cost from roughly $1.9 million to about $2.4 million.

The updated Fire Station design plans will be uploaded to the town website, townofbernardston.org, and posted in the Bernardston town newsletter

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According to a report from Carteret County News-Times, the Morehead City, North Carolina, City Council will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday to hear and discuss the results of a study ion the potential staffing and space needs for Fire Station No. 3.

The meeting will take place in the council chambers of the municipal building at 202 S. 8th Street. The meeting will also be broadcast live on Zoom.

Representatives from N.C. Fire Chief Consulting, which performed a staffing and apparatus study for the Morehead City Fire/EMS (MCFEMS) Department, will present their results at the special meeting. MCFEMS Chief Jamie Fulk as well as other members will also be in attendance.

Moorhead City officials commissioned the study to look at options for Fire Station No. 3, located at 5293 Highway 70, after it was severely damaged during Hurricane Florence in 2018, which forced officials to accelerate plans to find a new location for the building. The station serves the west end of town, including much of the surrounding unincorporated areas.

Currently, Morehead City leases Fire Station No. 3 from Carteret County as part of an agreement with the Wildwood Community Organization (WCO) after a 2014 agreement merged the MCFEMS and the Wildwood Fire Department. In November 2020, the city entered into an agreement with the town of Wildwood to lease an additional building owned by the WCO that is located behind the main station. The lease is for $1,300 a month.

The city is using the building, previously used as a Morehead City substation, as extra bay space and crew bunks. However, Fulk indicated that this is just a temporary fix until the city finds a permanent home for the new station.

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According to a report from STUFF, a $500,000 Ashburton (New Zealand) Volunteer Fire Brigade (AVFB) truck was destroyed while firefighters fought a paddock fire earlier this week. The incident triggered an internal inquiry by Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ).

Steven Greenyer, FENZ Mid-South Canterbury area manager, said about seven crews were called to a harvester that was on fire in a paddock off Stanley Road in Dromore, just north of Ashburton, at 4.21pm on Monday.

Initially, three AVFB crews were dispatched to battle the fire, but another four from Pendarves, Hinds, and Ashburton were sent. According to reports, they had extinguished the fire by 5.50pm.

Greenyer said FENZ was investigating the cause of the fire and how the AVFB’s truck was destroyed.

The engine was one of three Iveco model engines that operate from the Ashburton station, worth about $500,000 each. Two of those trucks were added in 2019, while another was added in 2020.

Despite the loss of the truck, Greenyer said no one was injured during the incident, which is considered a “good outcome” for the AVFB.

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