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From YouTube: Around Arlington, July 31, 2015

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ATV's bi-weekly roundup of all the news and notes Around Arlington.

Community meetings about a new site are underway. In this edition of Around Arlington, we'll talk with Fire Chief Jim Schwartz about the site selection process, but first...

It's been really hot lately! Arlington's Department of Human Services reminds everyone to stay cool by drinking plenty of water, wearing light-weight clothing, and staying inside during the hottest part of the day. All County facilities are air-conditioned and open to the public. So stop by a community center or library to cool off and check out the many programs we offer. We've got more tips for keeping cool on our website at arlingtonva.us.

The Ball Sellers House is the oldest house in Arlington County. Built in the 1750s - long before air conditioning - the Ball-Sellers House is a rare example of the kind of home an ordinary person lived in during the 18th century. It's located in the Glencarlyn neighborhood and is open to visitors every Saturday through October from 1 to 4 p.m.

Arlington County is considering relocating Fire Station 8 to an area further north. Relocating would improve response times to a larger number of Arlington homes. Here's Fire Chief Jim Schwartz to tell us more. To learn more about the site selection process for Fire Station 8, go to the Projects and Planning section of our website. .

In the newest edition of County Board Wrap Up, Board Chair Mary Hynes discusses the Board's deliberations on Fire Station 8. She also reviews recent Board actions including approval of the Rosslyn Sector Plan, recruiting an internal auditor, new Capital BikeShare stations, and more. You can watch County Board Wrap Up right here on this channel, or stream it on our website at arlingtonva.tv.

The Third District Police Team hosted a Safety and Community Awareness event to help acquaint Arlington residents with their local police officers. Activities included free VIN etching to discourage car theft; a chance to experience what it's like to be a police officer; a distracted driving simulator; a K-9 demonstration; and lots of fun for kids. Learn more about police services and events at police.arlingtonva.us.

Well that's it for this week. We'll see you next time, Around Arlington.

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Community meetings for a new site for a fire station in north arlington or underway in this edition of around arlington will talk with fire chief, jim schwartz, about the site selection process, but first it's been really hot. Lately, Arlington Department of Human Services reminds everyone to stay cool by drinking plenty of water, wearing lightweight clothing and staying inside during the hottest part of the day. All county facilities are air-conditioned and open to the public, so stop by a community center or library to cool off and check out the many programs we offer.

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We've got more tips for keeping cool on our website at Arlington Va us. The ball sellers house is the oldest house in Arlington County, built in the 1750s long before air conditioning the ball. Sellers house is rare example of the kind of home an ordinary person lived in during the 18th century. It's located in the Glen Carlin neighborhood and is open to visitors. Every Saturday through October from one to four pm arlington county, is considering relocating fire station 8 to an area. Further north relocating would improve response times to a larger number of arlington homes.

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Here's fire chief, jim schwartz, to tell us more. We.

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Are at fire station 8, which is on lee highway at North, Culpepper Street, a firehouse it has been here from since 1963. Periodically.

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Communities who are thinking about their service levels will do an analysis of where their fire stations are located. We did a study in 2012 and out of that study, a number of things were identified, but one was that this station here could better serve the community if it was moved north of lee highway.

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So we judge that by moving this station to the Old Dominion 26 North location, we would capture more than three thousand additional households within a six minute response time where we are trying to target our improvements is around what we know about response time and its effect on emergency medical incidents. Our business is all about speed in order to save lives.

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Our location is absolutely critical for that, and this move is going to help us to save more lives, we're in the process right now of engaging the community, especially the neighborhoods that are close to this firehouse and to where we want to move it.

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The idea here is that we have got to decide on a site for the fire station and we want to hear from the community about what alternative sites they might recommend, and then we move on to the next phase of this process, which is to master plan the site, but we cannot get to that phase, which will also include community input until we decide where the fire station is going to go. This particular station was actually started by the african-american community that resided in the halls, Hill neighborhood and the firehouse that predates this.

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One was one built by this neighborhood in 1963, the county purchased the land for the fire house that we have right now and built this new facility, and it became the firehouse to serve this neighborhood. We are focused on life safety. That is our mission. It is, it is our responsibility to do the best we can to serve this community. We will do that to the best of our ability and we will try and balance all of those needs with a recognition of the historical significance of this firehouse and this neighborhood to.

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Learn more about the site selection process for fire station aid, go to the projects and planning section of our website in the newest edition of County Board wrap-up board, chair, Mary Hines discusses the fire station as well as recent board actions on the Rosslyn sector plan recruiting an internal auditor, new capitals, bike-share stations and more.

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You can watch County Board wrap up right here on this channel or stream it on our website at Arlington, Va TV, the third District Police team, hosted a safety in community awareness event to help acquaint Arlington residents with their local police officers. Activities included free, VIN etching to discourage car theft, a chance to experience what it's like to be: a police officer, a distracted driving simulator, a canine demonstration and lots of fun for kids, learn more about police services and events at police, arlington, VA dot us! Well! That's it!

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For this week, we'll see you next time around arlington.