LANSING, Mich. — The Lansing Fire Department cut the ribbon Monday, Nov. 9, on its new Fire Station 9 at 2320 S. Washington Ave., a roughly $7.8 million building that takes over from a station first opened in 1954.
The new firehouse covers 21,000 square feet and has five apparatus bays, plus decontamination space, a fitness center and a community room. The station it replaces, at 520 Glendale Ave., had just two bays, and crews there slept in one large room divided by cubicles.
City Council President Peter Spadafore said the new site is more central, which he expects to cut response times on emergency calls. The building sits next to the future home of the city public safety complex and District Court.
Mayor Andy Schor and Fire Chief Carrie Edwards-Clemons thanked residents for backing the 2022 public safety millage, a $175 million plan that passed 19,649 to 17,073 and set aside $13.8 million to replace fire stations.
More pieces of that plan are close behind. Schor said the new $40 million City Hall on Grand Avenue should open by the end of the month, and the public safety complex, with a $73.3 million police station, is set to wrap up by year end with a tentative January opening. Work on Fire Station 8 on Marshall Street and a fire training facility is underway.
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