Last week the Halton Hills Fire Department made the big move across the parking lot from their very old Fire Hall on Maple Avenue to their modern operational building. The photos show the vast upgrading to our fire services. The lower picture shows the old building which was always intended to be a temporary home utilizing the town's old Public Works Garage.
The old building will be demolished after it has been used for some fire fighting training purposes.
The EMS (ambulance) will be moving in shortly as well. This is a cooperative venture with the Region of Halton. Currently our ambulances in Georgetown operate out of another old inadequate building at the corner of Chapel Street at Guelph Street.
In addition to this new operations fire hall we have also recently opened the new Fire Hall at the corner of Main Street South and 10th sideroad. You will note the striking similarity between the 2 new buildings as they were both designed by the same architect which was financially beneficial to the Town. The 2 fire halls were under construction simultaneously and it is much easier to be dealing with only 1 architect rather than 2.
There is much more that the public should know about these new facilities but I will leave all the rest of the good news to a future posting. However, congratulations are in order for Fire Chief Brent Marshall and his staff who were very involved in the design features of the buildings but also oversaw the construction and brought it to a successful conclusion.
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