VIDEO: After nearly 20 years of delays and planning, Fire Station 18 in northwest Fresno is now up and running after Wednesday’s ribbon cutting.
For the past 17 years, firefighters at Fire Station 18 have been working out of a three-bedroom home but now they have one of the most advanced firehouses in the valley.
“It was a typical residential home and it was very comfortable like a resident home should be but it wasn’t up to the standard where we should be at,” said Fresno Fire Captain Wiley Erickson. Wednesday’s grand opening comes, after years of planning and construction the crew of Fire Station 18 received a new state-of-the-art firehouse. The station will not only improve community response it is also safer due to its advanced technology.
“This fire station has a ramp-up alert system that gets progressively louder studies have shown that this new method releases psychological and cardiovascular stress,” said Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer.