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Fire department seeks $4 million for Station 4 renovation, nearly $2.9 million for ladder truck and other apparatus; SCBA replacement phased
Summary
Fire officials on Feb. 27 presented capital requests including a $4 million renovation of Station 4 and a $2.9 million ladder-truck replacement, citing long apparatus lead times and a need to rebalance staffing across busy districts.
Norwalk Fire Department officials told the Public Safety and General Governments Committee on Feb. 27 they have seven capital projects in the department’s request, led by a $4 million request to renovate and expand Station 4 on Westport Avenue and a $2.9 million request to replace a 2009 ladder truck.
Chief Gatto described the Station 4 project as an addition, renovation and realignment to enable the facility to house an eight-person crew and a ladder truck, improving initial on-scene tactics in a high-call district that covers Westport Avenue, Grumman Avenue and Newtown Avenue. He told the committee the department previously requested similar projects in earlier fiscal cycles (requests were cut in prior budgets) and that with a new cost analysis the current estimate is about $4,100,000; the…
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