Davenport celebrates renovated fire station
The Davenport Fire Department recently cut the ribbon to open the Central Fire Station, which has been renovated.
The renovations cost $15m, and doubled the building's size adding a workout facility, a tower for conducting training, and private sleep rooms. Part of the building is entirely new, but the older section of the structure was also remodeled, which allows the facility to retain its title of ‘the oldest working fire station west of the Mississippi’.
The station was built in 1902, and housed four hose wagons and ten horses. There have been two additions made to the building since the original construction, one in the 1940s and the second during the 1950s, but very little really changed until the latest work was done.
The new addition houses the fire engines in “drive-through” bays, which eliminates the need for the trucks to tie up traffic as they back into the station. In addition, the new station is further back on the property, which gives the firefighters the room they need to pull out and stop on the driveway or “apron” before they pull into the street. The 1940s addition was torn down, but original details, such as a brass fire pole, the back wall of the firehouse, and the original staircase, have been preserved.
Projects like this can benefit if organizers use fun, colorful banners as part of the opening celebrations.
The renovations cost $15m, and doubled the building's size adding a workout facility, a tower for conducting training, and private sleep rooms. Part of the building is entirely new, but the older section of the structure was also remodeled, which allows the facility to retain its title of ‘the oldest working fire station west of the Mississippi’.
The station was built in 1902, and housed four hose wagons and ten horses. There have been two additions made to the building since the original construction, one in the 1940s and the second during the 1950s, but very little really changed until the latest work was done.
The new addition houses the fire engines in “drive-through” bays, which eliminates the need for the trucks to tie up traffic as they back into the station. In addition, the new station is further back on the property, which gives the firefighters the room they need to pull out and stop on the driveway or “apron” before they pull into the street. The 1940s addition was torn down, but original details, such as a brass fire pole, the back wall of the firehouse, and the original staircase, have been preserved.
Projects like this can benefit if organizers use fun, colorful banners as part of the opening celebrations.