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- PUB DATE: 12/1/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

The Berwyn Fire Company has been working collaboratively with the Board of Supervisors from Tredyffrin and Easttown townships to formulate and execute a plan to build two new Fire/EMS Stations to serve the community better. This website aims to keep the residents of Tredyffrin and Easttown updated and informed about the two projects.

Phase I of the project will replace the 93-year-old station at 23 Bridge Avenue in Easttown Township.

Phase II of the project will be constructing a permanent station in Tredyffrin Township to replace the temporary quarters near the Gateway Shopping Center.

Why do we need new buildings?

It will allow our Paramedics, EMTs, and Firefighters to respond faster to emergencies while providing a safer environment for our personnel.
 
The current infrastructure at both stations negatively impacts service delivery and personnel safety. 

At the Main Station, the trucks and equipment barely fit through the doors of the 93-year-old building. The building layout is insufficient for personnel safety and equipment storage. The building does not meet many local, state, and federal codes, including ADA accessibility. There is also no location to decontaminate gear/equipment properly, there are deficient sleeping quarters and showers, and a lack of space for administrative duties. There are leaks and cracks throughout the building, threatening expensive equipment, storage, and the overall structure.

The temporary Tredyffrin Station is a tent and some rented office space. The tent has a stone and asphalt floor, no storage space, and is very difficult to regulate temperatures during the summer and winter months. There is no administrative or hospitality quarters for staff to shower, sleep or decontaminate gear. And the “ready-room” for the staff requires the staff to descend a flight of stairs, exit the office building to the outdoors and travel across the parking lot to get to their ambulance or fire engine for a response.

The condition of both of our existing facilities negatively impacts service delivery and impedes our volunteer and career personnel. We are looking to the residents of Tredyffrin and Easttown to come together to support the fire department and be a strengthening force to raise these funds and help us reach our fundraising goal!

​We are confident that with the support of the community we serve and the support of the Board of Supervisors of Tredyffrin and Easttown that these critical capital projects will become a reality.

For more information or to donate to the project, please go to Berwyn Fire Company Capital Project.

A contract has been awarded to a Pendleton company to remodel Anderson Fire Department’s Station 4, HeraldBulletin.com reported.

The Anderson Board of Public Safety on Monday awarded the contract to Earl’s Remodeling Solutions in the amount of $54,711, the report said.

Station 4 at 621 West Cross Street is the last of the city’s fire stations to be remodeled, according to the report.

A fire official said the work includes interior painting, new flooring, a new kitchen area, upgraded lighting to LED and a remodeling of the bathroom. The plumbing work includes three shower stalls, a new kitchen sink, faucets, a new toilet, new water lines to three refrigerators and a new bathroom vanity top.

The fire official said the remodeling work was included in the 2022 budget and is being funded through the department’s Building and Equipment Fund, the report said. The work is scheduled to be completed by late February or early March.

Mobile (AL) firefighters moved back into the Douglas A. Melton Fire Station off Lafayette Street Tuesday, MyNBC15.com reported.

In June, the fire station closed temporarily due to the discovery of asbestos and mold, the report said. Cleanup was expected to take a couple of weeks, but it’s been five months.

Melton Fire Station, a staple in the Midtown community since 1969, closed after what started as a roofing project turned into an asbestos abatement project. According to a fire official, everything from the ceiling tiles, the insulation, the plumbing, and the gut work has been redone.

Edwardsville city and fire officials officially broke ground on the new East Fire Station Tuesday, theintelligencer.com reported. It is expected to be completed in 2024.

The new station is the result of long-term planning by the city. The project has gone through three mayors, previous city administrations and two fire chiefs. The new station will help reduce response times and enable the fire department to meet the expected growth on this side of the city, the report said.

The $5.1 million East Fire Station will be located on nearly two acres of land the city purchased last year on the north side of Governors’ Parkway, east of Oglesby Drive and District Drive, the report said. It’s near the city’s Interstate 55 corridor, an area that has seen tremendous residential and commercial growth.

The East Fire Station project will be paid for through a dedicated sales tax approved in 2014 for public safety facilities, the report said. The city recently issued $6.8 million in bonds for the new East Fire Station, a new ladder truck, and soundproofing at the West Station. 

The East Fire Station will encompass 8,400 square feet of space and include three double bays to house multiple trucks and ambulances, according to the report. It will include environmentally smart features such as solar panels to offset electricity costs; radiant floor heating to more efficiently and quickly warm the bays and to dry wet equipment; and bi-fold bay doors that open and close in about a third of the time of roll-up doors to speed emergency egress and limit building heat loss during cold weather.