VIDEO: On Thursday, Y-12 showed off some much needed upgrades to a couple of its facilities.
Its fire hall and emergency operations center are brand new, replacing decades-old buildings.
Thursday was the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new fire hall.
“They represent a huge quality of life improvement for our first responders,” Y-12 site manager Gene Sievers said. The previous buildings were built in the 1940's, and just weren’t cutting it.
“At the old station, we have three doors just wide enough to fit the firetrucks in, when you back it in just right,” Sievers said.
The new fire hall has state of the art facilities for the equipment, and the firefighters. The fire hall will have a living space, a kitchen, a workout room, offices, bedrooms and wider garage doors.
“The AE (architectural engineering) firm that was used to design the fire station has designed more than 140 of these commercial structures across the nation,” Sievers said.