Jeremy Craft, Lehi fire chief, presented new renderings of Fire Station 84 at a station update given during the Lehi City Council meeting last week, HeraldExtra.com reported.

The new fire station will feature an open and modern design with a gray and red exterior and several glass walls. According to Craft, the glass throughout the building is not only meant to let in more natural light but also give members of the community a way to see into the station, the report said.

Station 84 will have dorm rooms, a workout area, a kitchen, a day room and a training room able to accommodate several fire departments training together at once.

The station’s U-shaped layout was designed so firefighters would be able to get out of whatever room they are in and into the apparatus bay, where fire trucks are kept, as quickly as possible. Both ends of the station have a direct path to the apparatus bay.

Station 84 will sit at 1500 North 3600 West in Lehi, costing the city $9.4 million to complete. Construction on Station 84 is set to begin within the next six to eight weeks and is estimated to be completed and open by January 2024.

Slinger Fire Department invites everyone to its 2022 Fire Prevention Open House and education event on Tuesday, October 11 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in Slinger Community Park, WashingtonCountyInsider.com.

There will be two different live fire Palmer house demonstrations designed to educate and entertain. 

While you are there, check out the Slinger Fire Department’s newest truck specifically designed for long narrow driveways and tight spaces and the new water rescue boat. 

Kids get a picture with Sparky, sit in the driver’s seat of a fire truck or enjoy the fire truck slide.

While at the event be sure to sign up for a raffle providing a ride home from school in a fire truck. Last year’s wining child enjoyed the celebration. 

The Painesville Township Fire Department this year ordered of a new fire engine, renovated the fire station, helped residents with fire preparedness and addressed responders’ mental health, all while continuing to handle emergency calls, News-Herald.com reported.

Those were some of the highlights of a presentation a fire official gave to Painesville City Council earlier this month, reviewing the department’s 2022 activity. The official also looked ahead to the department’s plans for 2023, including potential purchases and grant opportunities, according to the report.

The official noted that the department purchased a new Sutphen Fire Engine this year, the report said. The order was completed in January with the engine itself expected to arrive by the end of September. He added that this will be 10 months for a process that usually takes 39 months. Because the department bought an engine that was used for demonstrations, it was also purchased at a savings, the report said.

The fire department also welcomed four new full-time firefighters March 1 at station No. 3.

The Mesquite City Council voted last week to continue forward in its current course to build a new fire station on Mesquite Boulevard, despite a significant increase to the construction cost projections for the project, MVProgress.com reported.

In the September 13 meeting, the council voted to use American Recovery Plan Act (ARPA) funds to make up a $5 million difference in what was originally allocated for the project, the report said.

In March, the council approved a city-owned parcel at 105 Mesquite Boulevard, just south of the public library branch, as the site for the new station. At that time, the cost projections for construction were between $6.6 and $7 million, according to the report.

The council decided then to fund the station using Redevelopment Authority (RDA) money. This would allow the city to employ a Construction Manager At Risk (CMAR) technique thought to be the most economic and quality-driven method. At that time, it was thought that the use of federal ARPA would not allow CMAR projects, the report said.

But in a presentation before the council at last week’s meeting, a city official said that many things had changed since last March, according to the report.

A city official explained that the city had entered into pre-construction services with CORE Construction as the designated CMAR. CORE had run preliminary cost estimates and come back with a total of $12 million for the project, nearly double the original allotment, the report said.

For more on this story, please go to MVProgress.com.