| By Fire Chief Dan Metzler |
| July 23, 2010 |
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During the regular company buisness meeting, the long awaited decision was made to begin station renovations. The building committee has worked long and hard for the past few years evaluating different floor plans and proposals.
The work was awarded to M&Z Builders, who have worked with us providing countless hours of guidance during this second stage of renovations.
The "new" facility will include showers, male and female bunkrooms, a kitchen, new lounge, computer data room and dedicated EMS supply room. We will also have a new engineer's room and trustee's room when completed.
As many of you know, we have added our own paid staff to keep up with the ever increasing call volume at no cost to the township or the residents. With staff in the station 24 hours a day, seven days a week, this building renovation will be a welcome sight to them. This renovation will also allow the volunteers to have a fully functional facility to live in during inclimate weather.
Work has officialy started today, and will continue for another two months. Stay tuned for updates throughout the next couple of months.
UPDATE: As we move into July, M&Z continues to plug along with our renovation. As of this date, the drywall is up, most of the rough plumbing and electrical work is complete on the downstairs project. Some painting and trim works has begun and completion of the downstairs is expected to be done by August. Once the downstairs is complete, M&Z will move on to the upstairs where they will have a few weeks of work.
SECOND UPDATE: M&Z continues to move along and will be done the downstairs before August. The majority of the work left downstairs is some painting, trim work and flooring. The kitchen will be complete by the weekend and flooring will not be installed for another couple of weeks. Volunteers spent drill night clearing out the upstairs rooms and will continue the clean out this weekend. Work is expected to begin upstairs on the 26th. |
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| Volunteers spent Sunday morning clearing out all the clutter. |
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| Live in FF D. Thomas tearing out the gear storage room. |
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| Carreer Harlan and Yocom taking a break. |
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| Temporary storage. |
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| More temporary storage. |
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| Old gear storage room gone! |
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| The shower room. |
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| The computer room. |
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| Chopping the floor for the shower and kitchen drains. |
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| Knee wall going up to divide the lounge from the kitchen. |
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| Stringers added to the shower room to allow for storage above. |
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| The last knee wall dividing the lounge from the side exterior door entrance. |
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| A view from the lounge. |
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| Volunteers spent an evening this week clearing out another room. This room used to be the enginner's room and will be renovated to house all the EMS supplies. |
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| New doors ready to be installed. |
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| Utility closet in the new EMS storage room. |
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| Electrical and plumbing chase. |
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| The shower roughed in. |
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| Water for the ice machine. |
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| Drain for the sink and dishwasher. |
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| Bathroom sink water and drain. |
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| New water lines to supply the shower and kitchen. |
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| New side entrance door. |
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| Electric and cable roughed in for the tv and signboard. |
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| Shower exhaust fan and lights roughed in. |
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| Electrical supply coming from the existing breaker box along with power for the alerting system. |
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| Utility closet drywalled. |
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| Shower room drywalled. |
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| Knee walls drywalled along with electrical service. |
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| A view from the side exterior entrance. |
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| The computer room drywalled and block walls primed for paint. |
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| Shower framed in and hooked up. |
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| A look from the lounge. |
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| Most of the cabinets are in. |
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| Shelf for the TV and DVD player in the lounge. |
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| The EMS storage room with the doors installed on the utility closet. |
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| More appliances installed. |
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| Computer room with a little trim work left to do. |
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| The HVAC unit installed today by Mattson Climate Control...another small company in our first due. |
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| Desk for the "general use" computer. |
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| Drop ceiling is complete. |
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| Vanity is complete with running water through out the shower room. |
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| Hallway leading to the EMS closet on the left and the gear room on the right. |
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