The Delray Beach Fire Chief has moved firefighters out of a station for health concerns.

A department spokesman says engineers doing an air quality test found a potential issue with how two air conditioning vents are connected at Station Three on Linton Boulevard near I-95.

Some firefighters are sleeping in an RV behind the station for the time being.

The department expects more test results in seven to ten days and then it will decide how to move forward.

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A nearly $700,000 contract for architectural services for the city's new central fire station was approved Tuesday night, but one Council member questioned the action in the belief more details should have been provided.

Councilman Terry Keenan, R-1st Ward, was the lone dissenter among City Council's seven members, the rest of whom approved the contract with the Columbus firm of Mull & Weithman Architects Inc. on its first reading.

Keenan stressed he definitely supports the need for a new fire station but took issue with what he said was a lack of specifics when it came to how much of the contract's $695,000 would go to engineering and architectural firms serving as consultants for specific parts of the project.

Voters approved an $8.1 million bond issue in November for the 22,600-square-foot two-story station proposed for land near Center Ridge and Jaycox roads.

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Members of the Chippewa Falls City Council got their first look at how plans for the city's new fire station are coming together on Tuesday evening.

Steve Gausman of Five Bugles Designs, the firm contracted to design the station, took the council on a virtual walk through the just under 20,000 square foot building which will be just north of Business 29 on Chippewa Crossing Boulevard.

While the plans are only about 30 percent complete, so far, council members are liking what they see.

Gausman explained that the station was originally planned to have a footprint of about 22,000 square feet. But that was scaled down to save costs.

"We went through a lot of pain to distill this design down," Gausman explained. "We haven't lost any spaces but we have taken 2,000 square feet out of the drawing."

Additionally, Rob Krejci of the city engineering office, explained that the fire station is being designed to use both natural gas and propane as laying the natural gas line to the fire station is proving to be expensive.

The drawing showed a single story building that included five bays for fire trucks and equipment as well as a tower separating the apparatus bays from the living and administrative spaces.

This new fire station is expected to cost around $5 million and will serve as the Chippewa Falls Fire Department headquarters. The current fire station just behind City Hall on Bay Street will still be used, but the city's other fire station, located on Park Avenue, will be taken out of service.

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The Moncton Fire Department requested an extra $110,000 this week to pay for a new fire truck it has on order.

Deputy Fire Chief Don McCabe said the floundering Canadian dollar is the main reason for the unexpected increased cost.

"Most of the custom truck manufacturers are all based out of the United States," he said.

On February 15, Moncton City Council was asked to vote on a change to a request for proposals for the latest model of a custom single axle fire truck.

The original budget for the new truck was $750,000 Canadian plus HST, which was the established cost in 2014, when the Canadian dollar was almost on par with the American greenback.

Council voted in favor to increase the amount it had originally budgeted.

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