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The Chief's Report
By Fire Chief Dan Marshall
2004
During the past three years we have been working diligently on the plans,
design and the construction of our new headquarters fire station located at 5811
South Pacific Highway, Phoenix, Oregon. The new station is located one mile
north of our previous headquarters station. On January 9th, 2004 we officially
moved in! The 14,865 square-foot station features drive-through bays capable of
storing eight apparatus; living quarters with separate dormitory spaces;
administrative offices; restroom, shower and locker facilities to accommodate
both men and women; study, kitchen and dining space; physical fitness room;
cleaning area for contaminated clothing and medical equipment; storage and work
space for equipment maintenance; public meeting and training rooms.
An official ribbon cutting and dedication of the new fire station was
 held on
January 20th, 2004, and a community open house was held on February 21st, 2004,
with approximately 800-1000 guests attending.
The total cost of the project included $200,000 for the 6.75-acre property and
$2,330,142 for the building. The fire district sold Certificates of
Participation for the initial funding, allowing us to make low-interest debt
service payments over 29 years from General Revenue, thereby avoiding increased
taxes. The Architect for the building was Paul Curtis of Peck, Smiley & Ettlin
from Portland, Oregon. The contractor was Adroit Construction, Ashland. Stop by
and visit!
$110,882
 FEMA GRANT AWARDED TO FIRE DISTRICT 5
On October 31st, 2003 the fire district was notified that we had received a
federal grant totaling $110,882. The fire district is required to match 10%
($11,089) of the grant, which was awarded for the purpose of upgrading the fire
district’s Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).
The FEMA-sponsored grant enabled the district to purchase 25 Scott Air Packs, 25
Integrated Automatic Activation Personal Alarm Devices, 25 Buddy Breathing
Attachments, 25 forty-five minute Carbon Cylinders and 25 face masks.
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus is the primary life safety tool for our
firefighting operations and is the most critical of all tools when providing
fire and rescue services for the community.
THERMAL IMAGING CAMERAS
During fiscal year 2003-2004, the fire district was able to purchase two thermal
imaging cameras for $13,225 each. The first camera was purchased for Station One
out of the Capital Outlay category of the General Fund. The camera for Station
Two was made possible by receiving $7,500 in grant money from The Ashland
Community Hospital Foundation, and the balance of $5,725 from The Firehouse Five
Foundation. The camera improves firefighters’ ability to operate and ‘see’ in
very dense smoke environments, continually measures and analyzes the
temperatures in a given space and is very effective during the ‘size-up’ phase
of a fire, as well as in search and rescue operations.
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