Plans to construct a 3,500-square-foot second fire station have been put on hold after estimates came in $1 million higher than expected, reports Daily Journal.

The village had anticipated costs to be in the range of $1.7 million. The bid package coordinated by PSI Inc., the project’s construction manager, instead came in at $2,737,543.

Bids were difficult to gain as many contractors are busy due to the abundance of work associated with the governmental COVID relief stimulus funding.

The village still plans to redevelop an existing 4,200-square-foot building to accommodate fire service.

The Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue is holding an open house a year after the fire station opened, reports The Daily News.

The fire department posted to Facebook, “Completed in April of 2020, the Lexington Station is a beautiful and functional fire station. Now staffed 24/7, it houses Medic 25, Engine 25, Brush 25, Tender 25 and HazMat 25. At 11am there will be a small ceremony to officially open the station to the public. After that, there will be guided tours, children’s activities, and best of all, ice pops and popcorn!”

The City of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Fire Department held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new fire station, reports NBCDFW.

The 10,000 square feet fire station will have three apparatus bays to allow for future growth. Construction is expected to take 12 months for the single-story prototype floor plan and will cost about $4.6 million.

Firefighters and the public had two events to celebrate this past weekend in New Braunfels, TX, according to a newspaper report published by the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung.

A “topping out” ceremony was held on Friday, July 23 as the final roof beam was placed on the future Fire Station No. 7, a $7.6 million structure for living quarters, a kitchen, dayroom and gym and four apparatus, the newspaper reported.

Then on Saturday, the public was invited to Station 6 for a wet-down and push in ceremony for a new fire truck, the paper reported.

People again gathered on Saturday at Fire Station No. 6 for a traditional wet-down and push-in ceremony for the department’s newest fire apparatus.

The 2020 quint was built by Pierce and is equipped with a 107-foot aerial and a 1,500-gallon-per-minute pump, the paper reported, noting the apparatus was designated as Truck 7 and comes with a price tag of $1.4 million, with equipment.