HomeMy WebLinkAbout1980 11-26 Maplewood's fire dept. to be state's largest volunteer force THE REVIEW THE REVIEW Wed., Nov. 26, 1980 Page 3A
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volunteer fire department in Minnesota Department contracts its services with The volunteers assigned to the station use their building sirens to summon tire
.. , when the city's new station opens next the city of Maplewood. Thus, all its will wear pagers, which will be used to fighters during the daytime.
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The Parkside Fire Station in
4 3 ;� i • Initially, there will be 13 fire fighters Maplewood Fire Department. received. They also will have pagers Maplewood and the North St. Paul Fire
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k's; , manning the new facility, which will be The fire Fighters response time to
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y � . h& known as the Maplewood Fire East emergency calls south of Interstate 94 is regardless of the.time of day, Schadt
` • • ., Y County Line Station No. 2. They will in- expected to be three to five minutes, THE MAIN REASON the building will states.
it,..-1,-1-, ' crease Maplewood Fire Department's Schadt states.In the past,it has taken the not have the sirens is a general neigh-
volunteer force to 163, according to Al East County Line Station No.1 six to eight borhood dislike of the noisy alarms,which• Like the fading era of fire station sirens,
` Schadt says, the use of the name firemen
Schadt, fire marshal. minutes to get emergency vehicles from can wake up sleeping citizens in the area. Y
With the opening of the new station, its station at 1177 N.Century Ave., to. the The emergency equipment at the also is being phased out.
ANilo.�.v Maplewood will have five fire houses. southern-most area of Maplewood. station will have sirens to alert passing The volunteers now prefer to be called
. ” 1'.' Bloomington is the city's nearest corn- It cost approximately $400,000 to build motorists when the vehicles are in use. fire fighters,he explains.The rationale is
�` -, petitor for the size honors. That com- the new station. It was financed by a Schadt says the East County Line "firemen work with boilers, fire fighters
N` munity has six fire stations but a smaller $570,000 bond issue passed by Maplewood Station No. 1, the Gladstone and put out fires."
staff, Schadt explains. voters on Nov.6, 1979.Site improvement,
t Eventually,the new station will have 20 architectural,engineering and bond costs
•w' volunteers assigned to it.The East County make up the difference between the
"; a '4-'''" . Line Fire Department No. 1 is seeking construction costs and the$570,000.
'' applications from persons interested in The building has a training and meeting
being fire fighters during the day. room, storage facilities, workshop, hose
drying tower, kitchen, truck bay and
JUST TWO WEEKS AGO,the training and meeting room in THE NEW STATION is located at the office.
the new fire station was still under construction.Today,the intersection of Lower Afton Road and The station will be the only one in
carpeted room is spotless and complete. Londin Lane, in the lower half of the Maplewood to not have stationary
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CONSTRUCTION WORK on the new Maplewood Fire East County Line Station which is located at the intersection of Londin Lane and Lower Afton Road,next week.
Number 2 is completed. Volunteer firemen will begin operating the new station,
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AL SCHADT,Maplewood fire marshal,makes a final review of the plans for the kitchen in the new fire station.