The City of Rocky Mount (NC) posted August 17 a request for quotes for the design and construction of what will be its Station 2. The deadline for responses is 2 p.m. on September 16.

The future facility, which will replace the current station at South Grace Street and West Raleigh Boulevard, will be two stories high and cost an estimated $4.1 million. It will be built on the current station’s property and be roughly 10,000 to 12,000 square feet in size.

The future Station 2 will have three engine bays, two of which will be drive-through, double-stacked bays. The third bay will be a non-drive-through half-bay.

In addition, it will include: eight bedrooms each with a built-in desk; a storage room; common area restroom, with a separate shower for decontamination; community bathrooms with showers, including one dedicated to female employees; kitchen/dayroom; gym/workshop; a panic room for the public at the front entrance; and an emergency generator.

“Upon completion of the selection process, the highest ranked firm will be asked to submit a fee proposal to begin contract negotiations for a fair and reasonable price,” the paperwork says. “By submitting its Statement of Qualifications in response to this RFQu, respondent accepts the evaluation process as outlined in the following section, acknowledges, and accepts that determination of the ‘most qualified’ firm may require subjective judgments by the City. The city will then present the findings of the committee and propose the selection to City Council at the regularly scheduled meeting on October 11, 2021. The selected Team/Firm should be prepared to have representatives present for this meeting.”

The plan also calls for a Jan. 31, 2022 design completion, and a project completion of Dec. 31, 2022.

View the entire request for quote here.

The Wood River (ID) Fire Protection District passed an ordinance last month to send a $17 million general obligation bond to voters to finance the construction of a new fire station on the north end of Hailey, reports mtexpress.com.

The November 2 bond election—which will need two-thirds of the vote to pass—will ask residents whether property taxes should be raised by an estimated $72.60 per $100,000 value over 25 years to build the station, the report says.

Wood River fire personnel are currently stationed at Station 1 on Walnut Street and its own Station 3, south of Bellevue. Station 2, located on Third Avenue, is owned by the city of Hailey and is used to store fire and rescue equipment, officials say. They add that Station 1 lacks apparatus space and is too small to comfortably sleep three firefighters.

A new station on the north end would render Stations 1 and 2 unnecessary, the report says, and those could be returned to Blaine County and Hailey for other uses with the potential new facility.

The district’s bond measure aims to generate approximately $967,200 per year for the new station, according to the report.

Following a collision with another vehicle at King and Queen streets in York (PA) Wednesday afternoon, a York City Fire Department firefighter found himself trapped in his car a block away from the station, reports ydr.com.

The firefighter’s fire rescue car and a blue Nissan Rogue collided near the traffic light at that corner, according to police officials.

In radio calls with the emergency dispatcher, the firefighter could be heard reporting that he had been involved in an accident and was entrapped. Following the collision, the apparatus hit a street post and had to be towed from the site, the report says.

The crash remains under investigation.

Danko—St. Clair (MO) Fire Protection District two quick-attack units. Ford F-550 4×4 cabs and chassis; Ford 6.7L diesel 475-hp engines; Waterous 2515LE 150-gpm @90 psi portable pumps with Kubota D902-EB 23-hp diesel engines; UPF Poly 350-gallon water tanks; 12-gallon foam cells; Scotty model 4171 single-agent foam systems. Dealer: Steve Borts, Danko Emergency Equipment, Snyder, NE. (Photo by Dennis Maag.)

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