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Florence council approves recharge room at fire station to support first‑responder health
Summary
Council approved a contract with FCI Constructors to build a multimodal 'recharge room' at Fire Station No. 2 (up to $141,842). Chief representatives said the suite — red light therapy, vagus nerve stimulation, infrared sauna and cold plunge — is aimed at cancer mitigation, recovery and retention.
Battalion Chief Corey Pine and Jared Thaylor asked the council to approve a project to build a "recharge room" at Fire Station No. 2, a multimodal wellness space intended to support firefighters’ physical and mental recovery.
Chief Pine described three core modalities: short‑duration red light therapy paired with vagus nerve stimulation to reduce stress responses; an infrared…
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