Susan Smiley
The Macomb Daily, Mount Clemens, Mich.
(TNS)
City residents, elected officials and fire department personnel celebrated the completion of the new Warren Fire Station No. 5 on Schoenherr Road with a ceremony Wednesday.
The new 13,000 square-foot station, which replaces the 6,000 square-foot location at Hoover and Common roads that was built in 1957, will not be open and operational until early August, but the state of the art facility is built to serve the community well into the future.
“I don’t know what the future holds 20 years from now, but this station will be the model for Warren fire stations moving forward,” said Fire Commissioner Wilburt “Skip” McAdams. “There are a lot of things here that are new to Warren that we are planning to bring to the older stations, too.”
This is the first of two new stations planned for the Warren Fire Department. (Source: Warren Fire Department)
The flag was lowered at the old Station No. 5 and an apparatus relocation parade to the new station traveled east on Common Road and to the opening ceremony on the lawn of the new firehouse building.
The project broke ground in late 2023, but represents years of planning on the part of city administration, city council members, the Downtown Development Authority and fire administration. A new Station No. 1 that is identical to Station No. 5 is scheduled to open on Van Dyke Avenue near Nine Mile Road in September.
McAdams noted in addition to larger garage bays, a large and modern kitchen, as well as an expanded gym and workout area, many features have been added that enhance safety for firefighters.
The area where firefighters can shower and decontaminate after a run is completely separate from living quarters and can be entered directly from the garage as soon as they exit their rig. There is also a dry sauna in the gym that is currently being