| Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department
4100 Chain Bridge Rd, Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Phone: 703-246-3801, TTY 703-385-4419 and Fax: 703-385-1687
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/fire
10/13/2006
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Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department personnel
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Tours and briefings on the proposed Great Falls Fire and Rescue Station 12 replacement and the expansion of the Academy
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When: |
Monday, October 23, 2006, 11 a.m., Fire and Rescue Academy
4600 West Ox Road, Fairfax, Virginia
October 23, 2006, 1:30 p.m., Great Falls Fire and Rescue Station
9916 Georgetown Pike, Great Falls, Virginia .
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| Where: |
See above
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The Great Falls Fire and Rescue Station, built in 1960, is the oldest emergency facility in the county. A larger facility is needed to meet current operational requirements, including larger bays for equipment. The $12 million bond will pay to construct a 15,500 square foot facility.
The Fire and Rescue Academy requires expanded facilities to train the more than 1,300 uniformed personnel assigned. The number of emergency personnel has increased 69 per cent since the Academy was last expanded 23 years ago. The requirement and demand for training, interoperability training, and additional mandatory certification continues to increase. The expansion will cost $17.1 million.
The Fire and Rescue Department's facilities are part of two county bond referendums on the November 7 general election ballot. The public safety bonds will ask voters to allow the county to borrow $125 million for construction at public safety facilities and $25 million for parks.
For more information on the 2006 bond referendum, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news.
For more information, call Daniel L. Schmidt or Lieutenant Raul G. Castillo, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department, 703-246-3801 and TTY 703-385-4419. Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request.
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