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Post by district5 on Apr 16, 2008 18:34:35 GMT -5
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 building-cincinnati.com Cincinnati may purchase Glenway home for fire expansionPhoto courtesy of CFDHistory.com An resolution declaring the intent of the City of Cincinnati to purchase a Glenway Avenue home for the expansion of Fire Station 24 is currently in City Council's Finance Committee. The single-family house, built in 1896, sits on 0.181 acres at 4532 Glenway Avenue (BIRD'S EYE) and is belongs to an out-of-town owner, who is delinquent on her property taxes by nearly $6,000. Fire Station 24, which was built in 1939, has half of the amount of living quarters, office areas and support space required of a modern fire station. The station houses Engine 24, Ladder 24 and Rescue 24 of the Cincinnati Fire Department. The single-family house has been used as rental property since it went on the market in 2001. It has been on and off the market since then, with the price dropped from $80,000 to just over $30,000. Though it does contain some mold, it has no code violations. Posted by Kevin LeMaster at 5:05 AM www.building-cincinnati.com/2008/04/cincinnati-may-purchase-glenway-home.html
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Post by district5 on Jun 2, 2008 19:37:44 GMT -5
Friday, May 30, 2008 Building-Cincinnati.com
Cincinnati to purchase Price Hill home for fire expansion
Cincinnati City Council has passed a resolution declaring its intent to purchase a West Price Hill home for the expansion of Fire Station 24.
Fire Station 24, which was built in 1939, has half of the amount of living quarters, office areas and support space required of a modern fire station.
The station houses Engine 24, Ladder 24 and Rescue 24 of the Cincinnati Fire Department.
A single-family house, built in 1896, sits on the adjacent 0.181 acres at 4532 Glenway Avenue (BIRD'S EYE) and belongs to an out-of-town owner, who is delinquent on her property taxes by nearly $6,000.
It has been used as rental property since it went on the market in 2001, and the offering price has dropped from $80,000 to $30,000.
No concrete plans for the expanded firehouse have been released.
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Post by district5 on Mar 29, 2010 18:28:13 GMT -5
News Cincinnati.Com » News Last Updated: 4:39 pm | Friday, March 26, 2010
Price Hill fire station gets expansion
By Kurt Backscheider • kbackscheider@communitypress.com • March 26, 2010
The firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics who work out of Cincinnati Fire Department's station No. 24 in Price Hill are getting extra space in which to live and work.
The city recently started construction on an addition for the fire station at 4526 Glenway Ave., which was originally built in 1939. The Price Hill station, one of the busiest in the city, is the 13th oldest of the department's 26 fire stations.
"An addition is being built onto that station because that house has always been crowded. It's actually home to three different fire companies - Engine 24, Ladder 24 and Rescue 24," said Assistant Fire Chief Michael Kroeger, who oversees the department's facilities.
"At any given time the minimum number of people there is 10. They're really cramped for space."
He said the addition will include up to date mechanical systems, separate locker, shower and restroom areas for men and women, a new kitchen and dining area and individual sleeping quarters. Right now all the firefighters sleep in one open room.
The new addition, which will be three stories tall and provide 3,015-square-feet of space, will also offer more office space and a training room where firefighters can study drills to make sure they are prepared for what they do on a day-to-day basis, he said.
When the addition is completed, Kroeger said the living and dining quarters in the original 5,350-square-feet fire station will then be remodeled and upgraded as well.
"This is a pretty extensive project," he said.
"It's going to be almost one year before the entire project is completely finished."
Kroeger said the city purchased a home adjacent to the fire station and tore it down to make room for the expansion.
The estimated cost of the project is $1.43 million.
According to fire department statistics, in 2008 firefighters at station No. 24 responded to 390 fire runs and 8,895 emergency medical runs.
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