Selectmen this week heard requests on renovations for the fire station, the need for a new library and the final proposed school budget. Fire Chief Gary Silvia discussed much-needed investments for two of the three fire stations. Station 1's truck entrances are too small for most fire trucks and ambulances to enter, he added. The station was built in the 1940s and emergency vehicles were much smaller then.
Selectman Charlie Sullivan confirmed this by saying, “No truck from Freetown can fit into station.”
Because trucks can’t fit through the archway entrances, there are almost never any trucks parked at Station 1, on Elm Street, which can delay any needed fire prevention in that area. Silvia brought up that the only truck that can fit at Station 1 was custom built in 1994 for that station. He stated the truck is antiquated.