The Village Board has tentatively approved borrowing $1.3 million to build new sleeping quarters and training facilities for the Waterford Fire Department.
The new construction would be built as an addition to the Fire Department’s station No. 2, 819 Mohr Ave. It would enable the Fire Department to continue its current level of training after station No. 1 — located in the 100 block of North Second Street — fully shuts down, Village President Don Houston said.
“We need to expand the station that they’re in because we’re taking away the other station for public use,” Houston said.
Station No. 1 houses only reserve equipment and the Waterford Fire Department still uses it for training. A developer is in talks to convert the station into a brewery, prompting the need for more space in Station No. 2.