Fire Facts
Eleven percent of home candle fires started after the candle user fell asleep.
Source: National estimates based on NFIRS and NFPA survey.
Slideshow of photos taken during of the construction progress made the week of September 29 - October 3, 2008.
Narratives from the slideshow
- 09-30-2008 Architect Eric Miller explains to the City project manager Bruce Ludwig how the outdoor lighting will work
- 09-30-2008 Drywall installation continues in the dayroom
- 09-30-2008 Grade and excavation work begin for the driveway into the apparatus bays off of Green Meadows Road begins
- 09-30-2008 South side of Station 7 with the bio-retention pond excavation complete
- 09-30-2008 Electrical contractors trench for electrical conduit and wire which will eventually feed the parking lot lighting
- 10-01-2008 Excavation work on the employee parking lot begins
- 10-01-2008 Water and Light employees bring the power transformer live
- 10-02-2008 An overhead view of Station 7 looking east from west
- 10-02-2008 In this overhead view the bio-detention pond on the southwest corner of the building can clearly be seen
- 10-02-2008 This overhead view looking to the west shows the sewer main extension and the scale of the project
- 10-03-2008 Bathrooms get moisture resistant drywall installed
- 10-03-2008 Drywall work continues in the dayroom and dining room areas of Station 7
- 10-03-2008 Electricians have installed the fire alarm control panel near the front entrance