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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. We
hope to break ground in March 2010 with move in
during early 2011 - we will keep you posted.
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 are planning to purchase 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.
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