The Fire Department can now move forward with its long hoped for renovation of Fire Station 3 at the Pease International Tradeport. The City Council voted 9-0 recently to approve the $610,000 needed to renovate Fire Station 3 at the former Pease Air Force Base and then voted unanimously to approve a bonding resolution for $400,000 to purchase a rescue/support vehicle to replace the 1987 model it has now.
Other improvements planned for the station include upgrading the mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems, making site changes to address flooding that sometimes occurs at the station and adding to the bathroom facilities for the city firefighters stationed there.
The proposed renovation is a scaled-down version of what began in 2007 as a proposal to totally replace Station 3 at the former Pease Air Force Base. That plan could have cost as much as $3 million.