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Whitestown fire chief outlines station relocation study; council to consider RFPQ for Station 271 replacement
Summary
Fire Chief presented maps and response-time modeling showing gaps in coverage on the north side of Whitestown and recommended relocating Station 271 to the Main Street/Albert S. White corridor as planning proceeds; council discussion flagged land availability, costs and staffing as open issues.
Whitestown — Fire Chief Westridge presented preliminary run-time maps and development overlays and recommended the town solicit requests for qualifications (RFPQs) to study replacement or relocation options for Fire Station 271.
Chief Westridge said Station 271, built roughly 25 years ago as a volunteer-era pole-barn structure, is functionally inadequate for current 24/7 staffing and modern firefighter wellness standards. He presented five years of incident-location data and four-minute response-time polygons, and said the north side of town shows increasing run density…
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