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Residents tell Normal Council closing College Avenue fire station risks longer response times
Summary
Two residents told the Normal City Council they oppose plans to relocate Fire Station No. 2, saying longer response times would endanger neighborhood residents and asking the town to publish the data used to justify relocation alongside the firefighters' union study.
Two residents told the Normal City Council on Dec. 1 that a planned relocation of Fire Station No. 2 could lengthen emergency response times and endanger neighbors.
Eric Hall, who identified himself as a resident living a few blocks from Station 2, told the council the firehouse "has provided something that won't show up on a map or a study — peace of mind." He said the relocation plan could produce "4 to 5 minute" longer responses…
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