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THE CITY'S 10TH FIRE STATION IS TAKING SHAPE IN THE GROWING AREA OF NORTHWEST FRISCO.
"WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT IT COMING ONLINE." "IT'S ON SCHEDULE. THEY'RE WORKING ON INTERIOR FINISHES A LOT OF THE LANDSCAPING IS IN THE BAY DOORS ARE IN." FIRE STATION 10 SITS ON FIELDS PARKWAY WEST OF TEAL PARKWAY NEAR PGA FRISCO AND THE FIELDS DEVELOPMENT.
"THERE'S STILL A LOT OF UNDEVELOPED LAND IN THIS AREA SO IT WAS
A GOOD TIME TO PUT THIS STATION WHERE IT NEEDED TO BE." CURRENTLY STATIONS 9 AND 6 COVER THIS PART OF FRISCO. "NOW WE'RE IN ONE OF THE FIREFIGHTER DORMS." EACH FIREFIGHTER
HAS HIS OR HER OWN DORM ROOM RATHER THAN ONE LARGE SLEEPING ROOM. PLUS A SEPARATE SPACE FOR PERSONAL
ITEMS. "IT WILL BE SET UP WHERE THESE THEIR PERSONAL LOCKERS ARE NOT ACTUALLY IN THE DORM ROOMS WHERE
OTHER FIREFIGHTERS ARE SLEEPING, SO THEY'RE ABLE TO COME ON SHIFT, GET TO THE LOCKERS, GET WHATEVER
THEY MAY NEED AND NOT HAVE TO INTERRUPT ANOTHER FIREFIGHTER." THERE'S A LARGE KITCHEN AND EATING
AREA AND A DOOR RIGHT OFF THE DAY ROOM GOES TO THE ENGINE BAYS ALLOWING FIREFIGHTERS TO RESPOND
TO CALLS QUICKLY. "THIS IS THE WORKOUT FACILITY." PLUS A WORKOUT ROOM OFF THE BAYS WILL ALSO HAVE
AN OUTDOOR SPACE AND A LARGE TRAINING ROOM WILL BE MULTI-PURPOSE. "VARIOUS TRAINING CLASSES
WILL OCCUR IN THIS ROOM. VOTING WILL OCCUR IN THIS ROOM AS WELL." BOND FUNDS WILL PAY FOR THE $16
MILLION PROJECT. "WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE. WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THE SERVICE
IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE THE CITIZENS OF THIS AREA."
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.