The station is along Highway 84, just inside city limits, and only has interior left to finish before opening to the fire department.
The location serves as a benefit to the city since it is south of the train tracks. Now, the fire department will have a station on both sides of the tracks, meaning a train will not impede response times.
“As far as our ISO rating and our insurance rates, we have a three, which is probably as low as we are going to get because we do have a volunteer fire department,” said Mayor Carole Barfield. “We don’t have a full-time fire station yet, but we have a very good safety rating right now.” Mayor Barfield says the station has been a desire of the city since 2010, but funding issues caused a delay on start up.and receive the latest local news and weather straight to your email every morning. Get instant notifications on top stories from News 4 by downloading ourFiling shows 8 suspects’ apparent motive in violent Covington County home invasion
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