Officers mentioned that after the fireplace division is moved out then its house can be absorbed by the police division as a part of its growth and renovation.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Aransas Move officers mentioned that now that this resident survey has been accomplished they really feel assured shifting ahead on with a plan to construct a brand-new fireplace station and to renovate the police station.
The yearly survey requested residents to reply quite a lot of questions regarding metropolis providers together with whether or not they’d help a brand new fireplace station and the renovation of the police division. Aransas Move Metropolis Supervisor Gary Edwards mentioned that 80 p.c of individuals backed the concept.
“They’re crowded and so they don’t have any place to place the tools they’ve and the sleeping lodging are crude at greatest,” he mentioned.
Edwards is speaking concerning the one small bed room that firefighters need to share on the fireplace station. Aransas Move Fireplace Division Fireplace Chief Nathan Kelley likens the state of affairs to being worse than jail.
“This isn’t sufficient room for this many individuals if it had been a jail cell so it is really too small to be a jail cell for a similar quantity of fellows,” he mentioned.
Kelly mentioned that the constructing is simply too small to deal with all the autos and tools correctly. He additionally confirmed me the artist’s rendering of a brand new $10 million principal fireplace station the town may construct.
“Now we’re attempting to carry Aransas Move up into the brand new expertise and the brand new info that is on the market to guard our firefighters give them an excellent place to remain,” he mentioned.
Aransas Move Police Division Capt. Troy Poe mentioned the division can be unbelievably cramped.
“We try to have our personal coaching room. We try to have a break space the place our folks can go and sit down and have lunch in our facility and devoted locker rooms, restrooms and showers,” he mentioned.
Officers mentioned that after the fireplace division is moved out then its house can be absorbed by the police division as a part of its growth and renovation. The town council is anticipated to listen to the up to date particulars of the proposed plan subsequent month.
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