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From YouTube: Bloomington Fire Stations In Need of Funding
Description
Five of the six Bloomington fire stations need to be rebuilt to meet the demands of modern operations. Tour the stations to see why updates are necessary.
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The
purpose
of
this
video
is
to
provide
an
overview
of
five
of
the
six
city
fire
stations
and
their
current
state
of
well-being.
These
five
stations
were
all
built
in
the
60s
and
early
70s,
and
many
of
them
have
reached
the
end
of
their
useful
life
expectancy
with
that,
and,
as
you
see
this,
the
following
video
that
is
led
in
part
by
Assistant,
Chief,
Jeff,
Forrester
you'll
be
able
to
get
a
sense
of
where
five
of
those
six
stations
are
and
the
reason
five
of
this
of
the
six
stations
are
in
need
of
replacement.
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B
Out
of
space
and
all
of
our
fire
stations,
we
have
equipment
that
is
stuffed
in
these
stations
to
the
point
where
we
have
no
more
room
to
safely
operate,
as
you
can
see
here
that
these
are
our
rows
of
firefighters
gear
and
where
it's
stored
on
the
apparatus
floor,
and
you
can
see,
there's
not
a
lot
of
room,
so
the
firefighters
either
come
in
and
they're,
either
getting
on
the
engine
or
they're
getting
on
the
ladder.
The
trucks
start
up
before
we
leave
and
they
may
start
up
while
we're
getting
dressed.
B
The
exhaust
is
going
right
onto
their
gear
on
to
them
as
they
get
get
dressed,
and
you
can
see
there's
just
not
a
lot
of
room
here.
It's
not
real
safe.
This
engine
could
get
full
and
they're
pulling
out
the
door
and
someone
is
trying
to
get
dressed.
You
know
a
foot
from
where
it's
driving.
You
know
this
is
a
walkway
here
and
we
have
you
know
the
truck
sticks
way
out.
You
can
see
here.
B
We
have
just
general
storage
against
the
wall,
cabinets
also
more
gear
racks
for
our
firefighters
that
are
wedged
in
against
the
wall
over
here.
This
is
the
actual
bay
that
was
added
on
to
the
station
back
in
92,
but
you
can
see
it's
already
and
all
that
capacity
here
we
have
the
trucks
kind
of
wedged
in
here
so
we'll
fit.
This
is
the
ladder
truck
at
station
four.
B
You
can
see
this
one's
a
little
different,
the
ladders
on
top
of
the
truck
within
inches
of
hitting
it,
and
when
we
leave
matter
of
fact,
this
trucks
actually
struck
the
back
coming
in
because
the
door
the
ice
was
built
up
and
caused
issues.
This
is
station
five,
so
you
can
see
a
pretty
similar
layout,
but
even
less
room
in
this
station.
B
You
can
see
we
have
a
boat
here,
the
brushfire
unit
and
then
washer
and
dryer
actually
out
here
on
the
floor
versus
back
in
the
utility
room,
there's
two
to
actual
engines
here
we're
just
out
of
space.
So
we
had
to
put
this
one
here.
Normally,
we
would
want
this
truck
to
be
able
to
pull
in
from
the
back,
so
they
won't
have
to
back
in
off
of
me
on
the
busy
street
out
there,
the
boat
we
have
here
at
the
station.
B
You
can
see
really
I
am
your
room
for
it
just
sits
in
between
the
trucks
on
the
apparatus
floor.
There's
no
office
space
in
them
for
our
for
our
officers
to
work
in
there's
no
space
for
firefighters
to
stay.
If,
if
we
have
an
event
where
they
need
to
be
here
in
a
long-term
basis,
you
know
over
24
hours
and
then
we
don't
have
any
training
capacity
in
these
stations.
We
can't
sit
down
and
do
a
training
session
with
our
firefighters
in
these
stations.
Currently
how
they're
constructed
this
is
called
the
day
room,
training
room.
B
You
can
see
it's
kind
of
a
multi-purpose
room.
This
is
the
same
room,
we'd
use
for
for
training.
So
if
we
want
to
run
a
classroom
setting
this,
they
be
sitting
in
couches
and
chairs,
there's
still
a
bar
in
here-
that's
obviously
not
used
as
a
bar,
but
it's
still
here
from
back
in
the
day,
it's
very
difficult
to
hold
any
kind
of
classroom
training
at
all
in
this
room.
This
is
the
only
office
space
they
have,
and
it's
really
wasn't
it's
not
intended
for
that.
B
This
is
a
woman's
bathroom
and
we,
like
I,
said
we
have
a
lot
of
women
on
the
department
and
it's
you
know:
that's
it
there's
nothing
like
a
shower
something
for
them.
I
mean
these
there's
no
room
in
there.
This
is
the
men's
bathroom
at
station
2.
You
can
see
it's
this
kind
of
isn't
a
lot
to
it.
There's
this
study
that
was
done
on
the
structures
of
the
building
consultant
that
came
in
and
said
these
structures
are,
are
no
longer,
you
know
efficient.
B
It
would
be
cheaper
for
them
to
tear
them
down
and
rebuild
them
to
try
to
maintain
him
over
the
next
10
years.
A
lot
of,
what's
you
see
in
the
station
today,
is
what
was
here
when
it
was
built.
So
all
the
you
know,
the
lighting,
the
walls,
the
plumbing
electrical
all
was
basically
here
when
this,
when
these
stations
were
built
very
very
dirty
from
from
the
soot
from
the
diesel
fumes
that
come
out
of
the
trucks,
there's
no
real
way
to
capture
that
in
these
older
stations,
this
is
what's
called
a
hose
tower.
B
A
Seen
the
condition
of
the
stations
you've
seen
some
of
our
shortcomings
and
and
some
of
the
issues
in
addition
to
the
engineering
study
that
was
done
by
the
Department
of
Public
Works,
we
feel
that
a
program
to
begin
replacement
of
these
fire
stations
is
important
for
the
long
term
infrastructure
needs
of
the
city.
These
five
stations
are
obviously
very
important
to
the
ongoing
health
and
well-being
of
the
fire
department
and
our
ability
to
respond
to
emergencies
in
the
city.
We
appreciate
your
consideration
in
this.