TALK
OF NEW FIRE STATION?
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON – During the
first day of the three-day budget
workshop at Lincolnton City Hall, fire
chief Mike Lee told city leaders he would
like for them to consider future plans
for a more centrally located fire
station.
During Lee’s presentation, he told
city leaders that having only one man and
truck in Boger City was
“unacceptable.”
Lee suggested the city look into a future
fire station to better serve the citizens
in the eastern part of the city.
“Right now, we’re facing 11
stoplights in the city in running a call
to east Lincolnton,” said Lee.
“With high traffic numbers, that
slows down our response time crossing
Generals Boulevard and East Main Street
to up to seven minutes to Barbecue King,
and that’s unacceptable.”
The Carolina Scoop learned last week
mayor David Black is working on a plan to
centrally located Lincolnton’s fire
station, which underwent remodeling a
couple of years ago. The current fire
station would be remodeled again for the
police department.
Black is planning on pitching the idea at
a future city council meeting.
City manager Jeff Emory brought of the
topic of a satellite facility for both
the fire and police departments.
“There are needs there,” said
Emory, adding one suggestion for a
location be in the Oaklawn area of the
city.
Lee said that location wasn’t
“feasible.”
“It’s more feasible to have a
location on Salem Church Road,” said
Lee. “The location there would give
us a three to four minute response time
in the entire city.”
Lee said he didn’t want to take
anything away from Boger City because
they are a volunteer department, while
Lincolnton is a career fire department.
“We want to save life and
property,” said Lee.
“That’s why we need to get to
calls more quickly.”
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