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Whitestown Fire Board backs RFPQ to study rebuilding or refitting Station 271
Summary
The Whitestown Fire Board on Sept. 3 voted 4–0 to recommend that the Town Council approve issuance of requests for qualifications to get cost estimates for either building a new Station 271 or refitting the existing station.
The Whitestown Fire Board on Sept. 3 voted 4–0 to recommend that the Town Council allow the fire department to issue requests for qualifications (RFPQs) to gather firm cost estimates for either building a new Station 271 or refitting the existing Station 271.
The recommendation follows a presentation by the fire chief outlining response-time mapping, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1710 and Insurance Services Office (ISO) considerations, and incident-location data that showed coverage gaps on the town’s north and central corridors.
Fire Chief (unnamed) told the board he wanted “to get the discussion going to be able to go to council and seek the guidance to move forward with an official RFPQ, to be able to get some actual cost to move forward with the station project.” The chief presented Google Maps–based four‑minute response polygons from current station locations and said those polygons, combined…
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