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Cal Poly Students Submit Final Plans For Lompoc Fire Station

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LOMPOC, Calif. -- Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students have presented their final architectural plans for a new fire station in Lompoc.

Fire Station Number Two will move from North D Street to a bigger station on G Street and Ocean Avenue.

Firefighters have certainly outgrown Fire Station Two. Its two engine apparatus can barely fit in the garage but the firefighters say these new architectural plans make them one step closer to moving into a bigger and better station.

"As you round the corner, the back of the apparatus is right here against the wall," says Lompoc Fire Department Battalion Chief Stanley Hart.

The fire engine is less than a foot away from the garage wall and for Lompoc firefighters, its a tight squeeze.

"We have less than two feet on this side, and in the front, less than a foot so it takes a nice effort," says Firefighter Mike Billgren. "We work as a team to get out."

That's why five Cal Poly students submitted their designs for a new station.

"They encompassed things like environmentally friendly heating processes," says Hart. "They took into consideration the wind direction prevalent here in Lompoc and they designed the building to make it not only functional but also aesthetic."

The student designs are saving the city money from hiring a professional architect but most importantly quickening the fire department's response times.

"When it comes time for life safety," says Hart. "Every second counts."

Fire Station Two gets 3,800 call a year on average and its goal is to be able to get to a scene in five minutes or less.

The architectural plans are submitted but the fire department now has to find the fund to build the project before they can move in.

 

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