The Heavy 51 was finished in house and can carry 1,200 gallons of water.  

This means firefighters can be in the middle of a burning field and open up water nozzles on both sides, but they are not in a rush to use it anytime soon.

After discussing a report from the Fire Station Task Force on Sept. 4 about the proposed replacement for Central Fire Station, councilors heard more about the project from architect Bob Mitchell of New York-based Mitchell Associates.

Brunswick has estimated the cost of the project would be about $9 million. With land acquisition fees, the total could be $15 million.

 

Plans to replace the 99-year-old building at Town Hall Place have been in the town’s Capital Improvement Plan for more than a decade. The Fire Department also operates out of Emerson Station at 284 Bath Road.

The Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals on Monday unanimously approved a variance request from the Northern Monroe Fire Territory to open a second fire station in Washington Township. The temporary station will be on the Poynter Sheet Metal property at 8768 N Wayport Road and will include a manufactured home for firefighters on the site along with other fire equipment and vehicles.  

Larry Wilson, county planning director, said the fire department has been granted two years at the property. If the fire department wants to remain at the site longer an extension would need to be granted by the zoning appeals board. Under county code, fire stations are only allowed in areas zoned for governmental facilities.