Ground was broken for a new fire station in Silsbee (Texas) making it the sixth such facility in Hardin County Emergency Services District No. 6, according to a report published in The Examiner.
According to the report, the new station will be on a 12-acre site at the old Kirby Elementary School and will improve services and help decrease insurance costs. The building is expected to be 30,000 square feet, with 4,800 square feet dedicated to the apparatus bay for eight trucks, 7,000 square foot operational unit area, 1,200 foot meeting room, and 2,400 square feet for storage.
The station will have 100 cots, a back up generator four showers and restrooms, according to the report, which added that the new facility is expected to be done by next fall.
