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Rescue leaders ask committee to fix repeated flooding, electrical and heating problems and pursue grant for generator
Summary
Rescue personnel told the First Response Services Committee that the rescue building repeatedly floods after heavy rain, some electrical outlets have begun sparking, and the apparatus bay lacks heat; staff requested authority to pursue repairs, expand member limits and pursue a generator and turnout-gear funding via a grant.
Kurt Sutherland, a rescue department representative, told the First Response Services Committee that recent heavy rains have repeatedly flooded the department’s building, affecting the bathroom, the administrative office and part of the apparatus bay. "With the recent rain we've had, the rescue building has been flooded a few times," Sutherland said.
The problem, Sutherland said, stems from poor drainage on neighboring state-owned land that directs water toward the rescue building. He also reported electrical outlets that have begun "sparking and arcing," and said most of the facility is old — "at least 30, 40 years old" — and that heating is limited to the office while the bays where…
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