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Fairway fire chief: new national reporting system, Station 22 reopens after $4.3M remodel
Summary
The Fairway Fire Department told the council it migrated to the National Emergency Reporting Information System (NERIS) on Jan. 1, improving call‑type data and shifting some metrics to 90th‑percentile reporting; Station 22 received a temporary certificate of occupancy and crews will return after a remodel reported at about $4.3 million.
Fire Chief Chick told the Fairway City Council March 9 that the department implemented the National Emergency Reporting Information System (NERIS) on Jan. 1, which is producing more precise call‑type data and allowing the department to move toward reporting 90th‑percentile response metrics rather than simple averages. "We're already seeing that our data ... is better," Chick said, adding that the 90th‑percentile metric gives a clearer picture of worst‑case response performance.
Chick also gave a status update on Station 22's remodel and expansion: the city received a temporary certificate of occupancy, crews will return to the station immediately and the department hopes to officially open mid‑April (around April 15). He said the remodel came in under budget at approximately $4,300,000; staff emphasized the choice to remodel an existing brick‑and‑mortar facility rather than build a new station, which local comparisons put in a $14–20 million range.
The chief said engineering and interior choices were intentionally functional rather than ornate and that the department had lived in the station during construction to avoid reducing response coverage. He also noted that MEDDAC's ambulance, which had been temporarily moved, is scheduled to return March 30.
The council thanked the chief for the update; no formal action was required on the remodel or the NERIS migration.
