HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 09-19 New fire station given approval REVIEW •
New
Station
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given approval
A new fire station will soon be going tial development under way in the north-
up in Maplewood. The Maplewood village ern portion of the village.
council approved the letting of bids for the
station at its special meeting Sept.13. The building will be about 80 by 80
The
Schadt said, and the cost$10,000. It
Fire Marshal Al Schadt said he is
hopeful that construction will begin Oct. will have three bays for fire equipment
9. Completion is scheduled for March 1, plus a squad room, office and other facili-
1974. ties. There will also be a hose and training
tower.
The new facility will be located on the The fire department has three and
one-hotf acres h the location. Schadt said
southeast corner of the intersection of
County Road C and Hazelwood Street. that nothing is there now.
This area is zoned single-family residen- ane Pumpea an older equip-
piece
of equip-
tial and Schad said there has been no op- ment, will be transferred to the new facil-
ity. Seventeen new men have gone
position to the construction. He said the
n- phrsonn l,x months of training with older
decor was selected to match the reside
tial area. personnel,he said.
The station is needed, he said, to pro- Although the equipment will be moved
tect the heavy commercial and residen- to the station for now, Schadt said they
are working on obtaining new equipment.