After discussing a report from the Fire Station Task Force on Sept. 4 about the proposed replacement for Central Fire Station, councilors heard more about the project from architect Bob Mitchell of New York-based Mitchell Associates.

Brunswick has estimated the cost of the project would be about $9 million. With land acquisition fees, the total could be $15 million.

 

Plans to replace the 99-year-old building at Town Hall Place have been in the town’s Capital Improvement Plan for more than a decade. The Fire Department also operates out of Emerson Station at 284 Bath Road.

The Monroe County Board of Zoning Appeals on Monday unanimously approved a variance request from the Northern Monroe Fire Territory to open a second fire station in Washington Township. The temporary station will be on the Poynter Sheet Metal property at 8768 N Wayport Road and will include a manufactured home for firefighters on the site along with other fire equipment and vehicles.  

Larry Wilson, county planning director, said the fire department has been granted two years at the property. If the fire department wants to remain at the site longer an extension would need to be granted by the zoning appeals board. Under county code, fire stations are only allowed in areas zoned for governmental facilities.

The grant is the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant, which enables local fire departments to be fully staffed. This helps local fire departments’ abilities to comply with staffing, response and operational standards established by the National Fire Protection Association. Rochester Fire Chief John Cieslik said the department is extremely thankful to be the recipient of a SAFER grant and thanked Bishop for his assistance in securing it for the department.