West Chester extends stay in temporary fire station as new $3.1 million building progresses
Feb. 4—West Chester Twp. trustees approved more funds to temporarily lease a space as the new
They approved an additional
Township Administrator
"The property management firm and the owners of the property have been very, very generous to the township because not a lot of property managers will give a month-to-month lease after one year," Burks said.
At the outset the estimated cost to raze the 50-year-old station on
"COVID has been a complicating factor with the construction of the station," Prinz said. "Foreman are taking all the precautions on the job site just like any job site, but there have been some issues where workers can't come to the site because they are infected or are in quarantine or we've been experiencing materials shortages."
The township is paying for the new station out of a
The station is located in the industrial portion of the township, and Trustee
"I appreciate the investment our business have made over the past several years because this station is being paid for with our TIF money and not paid for through our fire levy," Becker said.
The original station wasn't much more than a pole barn with two bays for vehicles. Only one side had openings on both ends so the vehicles didn't have to back out on busy
Prinz has said there were some aspects of the existing station that were safety concerns. The turnout gear for the three or four firefighter/paramedics who man the station are stored in cages next to the Quint fire truck, so close it was difficult to get things in and out of the truck.
The proximity to the fumes from the vehicles and sunlight that streams through the open bays was also degrading the fabric and making the equipment potentially unsafe, Prinz said. The close quarters also meant the men and women who worked there were exposed to contaminants that can cause cancer.
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