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Show i fj h.. 't : js; M PAH I l - 4 ; ' " " " "TP 33 " ;i -rv ;-ifr E! i 1 J ... ' 1 2TiSS"': --- " - The new second story addition at the Park Avenue fire station will house administrative offices, classrooms and living quarters for round-the-clock firemen. photos by Nan chaiai Park City Fire District moves toward round-the-clock coverage said Gee. "But a lot of our volunteers live in Salt Lake City. This will really help the morale of our company." According to Gee, once the dormitory is completed the station will be manned round the clock by at least two firemen and one officer. But the Park Avenue addition represents only part of the fire district's expansion plan. A new fire station already is underway in Summit Park. The three-bay facility replaces the former tin shed used by the fire department there arid will be completed by Dec. 1. According to Chief Berry another new station will be built at Kimball's Junction in 1985. (The Park City Fire District currently has one fire station at Deer Valley. A second, to be located at the proposed Deer Valley Lodge, will be buit in 1986. The funding for these two stations comes from Deer Valley, not the fire bond. The fire district also used $165,000 of the bond revenues to purchase a TeleSquirt combination pump and ladder truck. The TeleSquirt can be used as an independent unit without the use of an additional backup truck, said Gee. The smaller diameter hoses on the TeleSquirt have automatic nozzles which allow one fireman to deliver a lot more water, he added. Between the TeleSquirt, the additional stations and the 24-hour staff at the Park Avenue Station, "We will be able to cut our response time to less than a minute," said Berry. The number of emergency calls coming in to the district already is up 40 percent over this time last year, said Berry. It is expected the number of calls will triple during peak season. by Nan Chalat With all the construction going on in Park City, residents may not have noticed the recent addition to the Park Avenue fire station. The new 2,500 square foot second story will house administrative offices, classrooms class-rooms and living quarters for the firemen. A $1.2 million fire bond was passed by Park City voters last June and, according to Fire Chief Jim Berry, all of the funds already have been committed. The Park Avenue fire station addition is scheduled to be completed complet-ed by mid-December. "We will have 24-hour coverage here no later than Jan. 1, 1985," said assistant fire chief Kelly Gee. The station currently is manned by eight paid personnel from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. six days a week with 35 volunteers on call round the clock, Assistant Fire Chief Kelly Gee points out the automatic nozzles on the district's new pump and ladder truck. |