Rochester Department Gets Major Improvements
Sweeping changes in Rochester’s entire fire station setup are announced by City Council's Public Safety Committee. Under the plan, which in the form adopted covers seven years, 17 of the city’s present 28 fire stations will be abandoned; nine will be remodeled and two will be rebuilt. Eleven new fire stations will be constructed to house companies now located in buildings slated for abandonment.
The over-all program will cost $1,750.000, according to Public Safety Commissioner Kenneth C. Townson. Although the number of fire stations will be reduced from 28 to 22, the number of fire companies will not be cut, Townson emphasized. The present makeup of the Fire Bureau is 25 engine and ladder companies; the only changes in companies will be that Engine 6, at 785 University Ave., will be eliminated and a new ladder company, No. 11, will be created, this to be housed with Engine 12 in the city’s newest station on Wisconsin St.
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