As the equipment needed by the modern firefighter grows, so too does the hall in which it is housed. Firefighters in Carbon are hoping that will soon be true of their community.
Plans are in the works to build a new fire hall in Carbon in the near future.
“The trucks keep getting bigger, so we need bigger doors as well. We can barely get the trucks out of the hall. There isn’t a whole lot of room to turn,” said Carbon CAO Debra Grosfield. “We’ve outgrown it. We need something better.”
The current fire hall in Carbon has only two bays, but the Fire Department has three trucks. The public works shop is immediately adjacent to the hall and the third fire truck occupies that space. The village tractor is left outside, even during the winter months, because the fire trucks need to be inside.
“We’re not going for a huge Fire Hall, we just need something that the trucks will fit in,” said Grosfield.
The challenge at the moment is to find space for a new hall.
“We need a Fire Hall, but the biggest thing is we need a place for it, because we’re in the valley, there isn’t a lot of room to build,” said Grosfield. “We’re looking at a couple options in town, but we’re struggling to find a big enough parcel for what we want.”
