We would like to invite our community to attend
an Open House at our current Downtown Fire Station at River City Hall - which
is located next to the Power House Science Center ( 1235 Camino Del Rio). The open house is scheduled for Tuesday June
13th from 6pm - 8pm. At the open house
we will be presenting plans, including proposed locations and designs, for the
construction of a Downtown Fire Station which will replace and upgrade the
functionality of our current Station 2.
We have narrowed the search to three possible locations and would like
to present these locations and receive input on which one would better serve
our community.
Attending the open house will be representatives
of CDOT, Durango City Council, The Durango Fire Protection District Board of
Directors, and City and Fire Department Staff Members - who will be available
to discuss the proposed locations and answer questions. Tours of the current Downtown Fire Station
will also be available all evening long.
Durango Fire Protection District is currently
housed in the River City Hall location which was pressed into service as a fire
station in 1983 as a temporary location until a more permanent solution could
be found. Since that time, the call
volume for our downtown district has grown from 719 calls annually to 2273 in
2016. The current Station presents
significant challenges for the Fire District due space limitations, age and
disrepair of the building, and design challenges since it was not built to house
a fire station. We invite all community members who are interested to come down
and be a part of the conversation, and provide your thoughts on the best
location for a new Downtown Fire Station.
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