Fire Chief Allen Eisinger said handheld aerosol fire-suppression device, which is designed to be thrown into an enclosed space and help confine the flames to a specific area, seemed to work well. His department will look into purchasing them for its two duty trucks.

"These things used to be about $3,000, so very cost prohibitive," he said, adding that the cost is now greatly reduced.

Materials provided for Wednesday night’s meeting show excavation of the site for the foundation revealed “unsuitable soils and a significant subterranean ground water issue that were not identified during geological assessment of the property.”

The site, on Hamilton Road, is part of a joint development on town-owned property that will incorporate some Orange County EMS services and office space developed by East West Partners.

As part of the approved agreement for the project, the developer is paying $1.75 million of the $3 million overall price tag. But the town is responsible for the cost overruns, records show. The overruns from the foundation work currently stands at $190,000. The town will also have to fund the additional costs of the two fire poles that were designed for the station. Documents show that $10,000 was allotted for the two poles, but the actual cost to purchase and install the equipment is requiring an additional $70,000.