Middletown is looking at ways of spreading out the workload of its firefighters that could include the re-deployment of units in early 2016.
As part of the 2016 public safety budget goals and objectives that were presented to City Council in October, the Division of Fire is planning to transfer Engine/Medic 85 from the fire station at Breiel Boulevard and Central Avenue to the Fire Headquarters Station 83 as well as work on obtaining additional capital grants to start the replacement of older equipment and the relocation of fire stations with cost requirements.
A study was done in 2010 to re-evaluate where ideal fire stations would or should be located, said City Manager Doug Adkins. He said the process will have a number of steps to determine new locations.
“I’ve asked MFD to update that study in 2016 to start the process of relocating fire stations and building modern stations in the most ideal locations,” he said. “We are at step one in the process, which is updating the study in 2016.”