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.