Zionsville safety board adopts nonbinding fire station feasibility resolution amid volunteer FD exit talks

The Zionsville Safety Board voted 5–0 on July 21 to adopt Resolution 2025-01, a nonbinding acceptance of a consultant-produced fire station feasibility report that recommends pursuing land acquisition and planning for new stations as the town grows.

The action matters because the feasibility study outlines locations, costs and timing that could change how the town provides fire coverage, particularly as the Perry Township Volunteer Fire Department has indicated it may dissolve and transfer coverage responsibilities.

Chief Gorder summarized Wolpert’s final report and said the study recommended three main steps: aggressively pursue land acquisition, plan for new fire-station locations in the town’s service area, and develop maintenance plans for existing facilities. He noted the report does not require the board, the town council or the mayor to build stations; "it is not meant to bind either this board, the council, or the mayor in…