NEW STATIONS TO BE BUILT FOR FIREFIGHTERS 2 TO COST ABOUT $8.5 MILLION.Byline: CHARLES F. BOSTWICK Staff Writer PALMDALE -- Construction is expected to start next spring on two new fire stations at the city's east and west ends, where development over the past 10 years has put hundreds of homes miles from the nearest fire stations. Fire Station 93 will be built next to Domenic Massari Park on Avenue R at 55th Street East, and Fire Station 136 will be built next to Esperanza School at Town Center Drive and Bolz Ranch Road. The cost is expected to be $8.5 million for both stations, which will be single-story buildings with Spanish-style, red-tile roofs. ``We are building for 50 years. We want that to fit into the community,'' said John Tripp John Tripp may refer to any of the following people
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The stations would open in 2008, initially staffed by one fire-engine company each. Station 93 will have bays for three vehicles; Station 136, for two. Each station will be built with an office and sleeping quarters ready to be used by a battalion battalion Tactical military organization composed of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar units and usually commanded by a field-grade officer such as a lieutenant colonel. chief when population growth requires dividing the southern Antelope Valley's Battalion 17. The Battalion 17 headquarters are at Station 24 near the Antelope Valley Mall The Antelope Valley Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Palmdale, California. Opened in September, 1990, its buildings take up around 1 million square feet (90,000 m²). Its physical main building, parking lots, and ring road businesses encompass an area a bit less than 0. . ``As we continue to grow and build, we'll be able to have command on both sides of the city,'' Tripp said. The Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Vista site is three miles from the closest fire station, while the Domenic Massari Park site is four miles from the nearest station. Palmdale now has three fire stations: Station 37 downtown, Station 24 near the Antelope Valley Mall and Station 131 on Avenue S near 25th Street East. Station 24 opened in 1976 and Station 131 in 1998. City government owns both sites where new stations are planned and has agreed to give them to the county Fire Department, as well as to contribute $130,000 toward road work and utility lines needed by the stations. Part of the costs will be paid for through fees assessed on new homes and businesses starting in 1999, after the opening of Station 131. |
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