Davenport fire station 3’s relocation is a smidge closer to fruition, as city council approved an estimated $8.6 million construction project.

The city’s recently approved six-year capital improvement budget has $10 million set aside for the project, and city council also approved $659,000 for OPN Architects to design it.

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The new facility will be constructed at 300 East 42nd St.

Davenport is expected to start accepting construction bids this week, officials say, with the contract most likely being awarded in a month or so. Without any setbacks, a groundbreaking could be held in July. After that, construction should take about 12 to 14 months for completion.

The current station was built more than a half-century ago and lies in the Duck Creek flood plain.

Atlanta has work underway on four new stations, and Mayor Andre Dickens is asking for four more.

After touring some of the city’s deteriorating fire stations and listening to stories about broken equipment and staffing issues, Dickens told Fox 5 an increase in the department budget is in the works for his June budget proposal.

Dickens also is asking voters to approve bond measures on the May 24 ballot. One of the measures has $58 million included for fire house improvements.

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Rochester firefighters had to back out of a house on fire Tuesday morning when four firefighters suffered electric shocks.

Two were transported to the hospital, one with burn injuries to his arm, the firefighter’s union reported. No one else was injured in the fire, though initial reports said someone was trapped in the house.

The fire broke out at the 5th Street home shortly after midnight. Flames were shooting 20-30 feet in the air when firefighters arrived, WHEC reported. They entered the building, but had to retreat after being shocked by wiring on the second floor.

It turned out no one was in the building.

The firefighters noted in a Twitter post that the city’s radio system also contributed to problems while fighting the fire, as some transmissions did not reach all firefighters.

Multiple radio transmissions not making it to the new radio system pic.twitter.com/hd4HkGfGso

— ROC Fire Fighters (@IAFF1071) May 17, 2022