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Breaking ground for third fire station
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Members from the Cardinal Joint Fire District, BSHM Architects and Canfield trustees attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the third fire station construction on July 6.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Members from the Cardinal Joint Fire District, BSHM Architects and Canfield trustees broke ground on July 6 at the new location for the third fire station.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.BSHM Architects representatives and Cardinal Joint Fire District member John Morvay spoke about the layout of the new fire station after the groundbreaking ceremony on July 6.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The Cardinal Joint Fire District hosted a groundbreaking event for its third fire station on July 6 on Herbert Road.
CJFD partnered with Balong Steines Hendricks and Manchester Architects to help create a building that CJFD has been working on for several years. More jobs will be created with the opening of the third fire station.
“This facility will help with the growth of the city and the township, and allow us to maintain the ISO ratings that we currently have,” said City Council member and CJFD Board President, John Morvay.
The third station will provide a step for a better response and will be covering the north and west side of the fire district. Fire Chief Don Hutchinson explained that the fire department gets two calls 27 percent of the time. The new station will allow those second calls to be answered with the extra staffing available. The majority of the calls are taken by the main station and with the new station taking calls, the main one will become more available.
“This will put a third truck on the road with paramedics and cover areas more efficiently,” said Hutchinson.
The new building will have a 56-seat training room, a ladder training area and a confined space area for training. There will also be a medical treatment room and a decontamination room.
Construction for the project started on July 11 and will cost $2.6 million. It is projected to take 8-10 months.
The ribbon cutting and dedication is the next big milestone CJFD and BSHM Architects are looking forward to.