3 New Fire Trucks
Final inspection is the week of July 12

“your truck on the line”

One of the three new fire engines now being placed in service.

Ponderosa firefighters wear their colors on Red Shirt Friday supporting our military.  Members recently donated a care package to Army Special Forces member Marc Koepplinger from our area serving in Iraq.  He is married and a father of three children, two girls and boy.

A New Fire Station
Station 62 Construction

Emergency Services District #28, the funding arm of the Ponderosa Fire Department, is moving forward with the design and build of a replacement fire station for the current #2 station located within the Cypressdale Subdivision. The new location will be at 4362 Louetta Road adjacent to the power substation; the land was purchased in April 2008.

The current station at 18,200 Mantana was built in 1992 during a different era, and thanks are in order to the Cypresswood Utility District for their support since the mid 1980’s. The station has served us well, but we must be cognizant of the fact of increased responses and the risk exposure entering and leaving Cypressdale. In addition, the new location will reduce total response time by an estimated five minutes for all responses. Another factor we considered is that our professional volunteers need a better facility and we are planning on staffing the new station in the future. Recall that we have volunteers, part time and full time staff.

We are working hard with the BRW architectural firm to assure effectiveness, value engineering, modern design and providing a great look to our community. There is no doubt the decision process has significant concerns about the project’s total cost of about $2.5 million, but we believe our community desires the best service and facilities for decades to come.

The utilities (water, sanitary and storm water) bids have been awarded and work should begin during July. We appreciate the support and professionalism of the Bilma Public Utilities District and Jones & Carter Engineering. The station build project will be out for bid during July 2010 and we hope to start construction during September. A groundbreaking ceremony will be held in the near future.

Another big thank you is to the Cypresswood Community Association as they donated $4,000 from the profits of the July 4, 2009 celebration. We have purchased a firefighter statue to be placed in front of the new station along with artifacts that we are going to receive from the World Trade Center disaster.

The Ponderosa Fire Department is for you – Duty Pride Commitment.

Station 62 Construction

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