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City staff outline three-phase fire station relocation plan to expand 4-minute coverage; council urges more community engagement
Summary
Fire department staff presented a three-phase plan to relocate Stations 1, 11 and 6 to improve 4-minute emergency coverage and modernize facilities; councilmembers requested more public outreach and cost details.
City fire officials presented a three-phase plan Aug. 19 to relocate and modernize aging fire stations with the goal of expanding the portion of city addresses reachable within four minutes.
Interim Fire Chief Chad Longstaff and Deputy Chief Anthony Stanford led the presentation, which drew on the 2021 Fire Commission report, subsequent engineering assessments and National Fire Protection Association guidance. Longstaff said several station buildings date to the 1930s and 1940s and have limited living and restroom space. "Station 1 was built in 1940, Station 6 in 1937, and Station 11 in 1972," Longstaff said, noting inadequate facilities for female firefighters and other facility deficiencies.
Staff proposed three phases: relocate Station 1 to city-owned property at Sixth and Governor's Place (already acquired for a fire station); relocate Station 11 to the vicinity of Northwest Lyman and Topeka Boulevard; and relocate…
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