The Omaha Fire Department recently opened its Station 31.

“Our new Fire Station 31, located at 3404 Q Street, is now officially open! Our crews officially moved in last week and a hose uncoupling ceremony was held [Thursday] morning to mark this momentous occasion.

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“Station 31 had been located at 4702 S 25th Street since February 5, 1949, when the City of Omaha built this station for $50,000. It has been called Station 5, Station 14, and most recently, Station 31. There has been a fire station at this corner since the turn of the century, originally being home to the City of South Omaha Fire Department until the City of Omaha built a new station on the same lot in 1949.

“The new Station 31 is a one-story building that sits on a site of 2.5 acres and houses Engine 31, Truck 31, and Medic 31. The station has 11 individual bedrooms along with an exercise room, kitchen, dayroom, and four drive-through apparatus bays. The cost to build the new Station 31 was approximately $5 Million and this money came from the Capital Improvement Program and Public Safety Bonds. This new station will provide excellent fire service to the citizens of Omaha for many years to come.

“Thank you to everyone who has helped bring this project to fruition including Mayor Jean Stothert for her unwavering support and dedication to Public Safety; our City’s network representatives: Mike Oestmann, Larry Tatum, & Steve Gustafson of Public Works, David Fanslau of Planning, and Kevin Andersen of the Mayor’s Office; Omaha’s City Councilmembers; Carlson West Povondra Architects; D.R. Anderson Construction Team; DOTComm; the members of our Fire Station Planning Committee; Omaha Fire Technical Services Division Team including Battalion Chief Jason Bradley; and the Omaha Fire Command Staff.

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Washington Township recently broke ground for its $7.1 million Station 41.

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“We are very excited for this new project and are thankful for a great partnership with Centerville City Schools! Thank you to everyone who was able to join us today!” a Facebook post reads.

A report on daytondailynews.com says it’ll be a $7.1 million, 15,259-square-foot facility located at 716 E. Franklin St., adjacent to Centerville High School.

Its predecessor opened in 1969 and is half the size of what the new place will be.

Brandon and Peter, fire officials in Norman Wells, went above and beyond to bring home a fire truck for their department—to Winnipeg, in fact, more than 1,500 miles away.

Indeed. Two fire officials flew to Winnipeg and took the apparatus on a road trip back to the Northwest Territories.

It was a trickier-than-expected trip, though, as you will see below. See the new truck’s—which is 36 feet long, weighs 46,500 pounds when fully loaded, and can reach a top speed of about 78mph—journey below.

Its predecessor will be repurposed for other uses.

Over the last week, the Wilmington Fire Department launched a new deployment model which will facilitate quicker responses to emergency scenes. The change includes adding three quick-response vehicles, or squads, and moving two of our front-line apparatus to reserve. While we moved some personnel around to accommodate this new model, we did not lose or cut any personnel. In fact, adding these support utility vehicles increases our daily minimum staffing on 3 of our firefighting units and the number of personnel responding to both commercial and residential fires.

“Since 2017, we’ve been working on a new deployment model that creates a more efficient way to respond to calls, the majority of which don’t require a large firefighting apparatus. This new deployment model will reduce wear and tear on our larger, very expensive fire units, extending their service life and increasing their availability to respond to fires,” said Fire Chief Steve Mason. “In addition, we have been able to save hundreds of thousands of dollars in our fleet replacement fund, provide funding to replace a 25-year-old air/light unit, significantly reduce the average age of our front line and reserve apparatus and provide four-person staffing to three units.”

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The squads are running out of Headquarters on Market St, Station 3 on Cinema Dr, and Station 8 off Eastwood Rd. They will respond to many of the same types of calls that their engine counterparts did, like emergency medical calls, structure fires, and rescues. The squads will also be going to non-emergency calls like lift assists and home-safety visits. Eventually, the units will be used to in our drone response program, to assist with search and rescue.

The squad trucks are outfitted hand tools including forcible entry tools and battery-operated saws, a full inventory of emergency medical equipment, fire extinguishers, thermal imaging camera, portable power generator, and water rescue equipment. These units are also equipped to be able to assist with trailer and boat operations and heavy-duty winches to be able to quickly clear storm debris from the roadways, allowing emergency vehicle access.