It will also have the capacity for extra vehicles and paramedics to respond to major events.  

Building contractor the Macneil Group has been appointed to build the station after the old one was demolished earlier last year.

Echuca paramedics moved into the old police station in Dickson St on January 16, 2017, and have been based there during construction.

IDPS Director Troy Thomas said the ladder track, complete with a 101-foot aerial ladder, is being constructed at the Rosenbauer Minnesota plant, based in Wyoming, Minn. After the six-person cab and chassis are completed, and wiring is finished, the truck will be shipped off to Rosenbauer’s aerial plant in Fremont, Neb., for installation of the ladder.  

“Then our crew will go out in mid-March to do an aerial, cab and chassis inspection,” said Thomas. Fleet Manager Todd Verduin, Firefighter Joe Flanders and Sgt. Kevin Heinlein will join Thomas on that trip.

After the inspection, the partially completed truck will return to Minnesota where the box will be built, painted and mounted on the chassis.