The Corvallis (OR) Fire Station No. 3 has closed for an 11-month, $3.5 million renovation, according to a report published by The Daily Barometer.

Ground breaking on the project happened Thursday afternoon and it marks the first of a series of major improvements scheduled for buildings in the city.

The work at Station 3 will focus on creating more functional and equal work environments for employees and will be the pattern for future work at other buildings, the report says.

An apparatus bay is one of the major improvements to the station that’s expected to be constructed, the report says, noting that it will be fore the department’s brush truck, protecting it from vandalism and the weather.

Dormitories and showers will be done on the inside to modernize the station’s interior which was done in the 1970s and has no accommodations for women firefighters, the report says.

Firefighters normally assigned to Station 3 have been reassigned to other stations in the city until the station reopens in late 2023, according to the report.

The city of Maricopa (AZ) has acquired a 2.5-acre parcel of land to serve the location of a new fire station to serve an area annexed by the city, according to a report published by inMaricopa.com.

The city paid $137,500 for the land east of North John Wayne Parkway to serve the South Maricopa Fire Association south of the current city limits, the report says.

In order for the 5,700 acres south and west of the city limits to be annexed, the city has to agree to provide city services, including fire protection, which the new fire station will accommodate, the report says.

Farmington (ME) Fire Department is expecting a new $831,405 engine in the next two years after voters appropriated the funds for the apparatus at a special town meeting on Tuesday night, according to a report published by the Daily Bulldog.

According to the report, there was minimal discussion of the appropriation which will take money from the town’s undesignated funds account to pay for the apparatus in full to take advantage of a pre-payment discount.

Farmington asked for bids from six different companies and got one back from a Pierce dealer in Massachusetts, according to the report that added the bid was for $861,405 with a $30,000 discount for the prepayment and it might take 24 months for the new truck to be delivered.

Residents in the Foothills Fire Protection District in Jefferson County (CO) are raising eyebrows at a $25 million request for a new fire station, according to a report published by KDVR Fox 31.

The real cost of the station is $12.7 million but interest and other costs over the 30-year period will drive the cost closer to the requested amount of $25 million, according to the report.

Residents in the district have been protesting the ballot request at the location of the proposed station, saying the cost is too much, the report says.

The fire department says the request might be high because the district officials don’t want to have to go back to the voters because they under estimated inflation costs, the report said.

The fire district would also like to create apartments in the station to create affordable housing for firefighters, thus providing 24-hour coverage, according to the report.