{"id":43778,"date":"2019-07-10T13:04:43","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T17:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=43778"},"modified":"2019-07-10T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T17:04:58","slug":"demolition-of-fire-station-101-to-begin-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2019\/07\/demolition-of-fire-station-101-to-begin-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Demolition of Fire Station 101 to begin today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District finally\nhas plans underway to tear down its second oldest fire station in Lehigh Acres,\n101.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The station, built in the ’70s, sits on Joel Boulevard and 10th<\/sup>\nStreet and suffered extensive damages from Hurricane Irma in September 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“On July 10th they will start the demolition at that\nstation. It’s been almost two years and we are finally getting this done. There\nis a three-day window to take the building down; then about eight months for\nthe building process. We have made all the preparations at that station and the\nfire personnel will stay on the property and operate from that bay while the\nwork is being done,” Fire Chief Robert DiLallo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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According to DiLallo, station 103 on Gunnery will start in\ncouple months, but the personnel will have to be stationed at station 104\ntemporarily until the building is complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We recently had a meeting at the Lee County Emergency\nOperations Center to go over various things such as hurricane Irma and the\nthings that went well during that storm and things that needed to be\nimproved,” DiLallo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to DiLallo, the EOC is broken up into different\nsubdivisions to aid in better communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We will oversee the East GO (subdivision of the EOC),\nwhich will be located at station 104. Our partners are Tice Fire Department,\nFort Myers Shores Fire Department, Alva Fire Department, Lehigh Acres Municipal\nServices and Improvement District, LCEC, FPL and the Lee County Sheriff’s\n(Office.) We went over our plan of attack. Since communications was an issue\nduring Irma, we set up runners who will relay information back to the EOC. I\nwill be stationed downtown at the main EOC center in the case of an emergency,”\nDiLallo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All employees within the fire district have also begun\ntraining on Target Solutions, which goes over protocols and polices that need\nto be followed in case of emergencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Each storm brings different types of challenges, so\nyou can just be prepared. Make sure generators are up and working. We get the\nnotices on emergency status very soon, even before the public is aware. We will\nnow have two people representing Lehigh at the EOC, instead of no one like last\nyear,” DiLallo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Went over what happen during the special referendum\nand our options now after it failed to pass. We would hold a special meeting at\nsome point to go over the options that the district has in regards to\nassessments and other revenue options,” DiLallo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The district also finalized its budget workshop dates.\nCommissioners motioned to approve workshops on both July 10 and July 24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District will hold its\nnext regular monthly board meeting on Tuesday, July 30, at 5 p.m., at the\nstation #104 conference room at 3102 16th Street SW, Lehigh Acres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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