Bedford Hills' new firehouse under budget, ahead of schedule

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I would expect nothing less from Bedford Hills FD. They have great, progressive leadership and is one of the best volunteer fire departments that I have ever seen. This upgrade to their facilty will make their future operational plans a reality.

Bedford Hills' new firehouse under budget, ahead of schedule

11:39 PM, Aug. 9, 2011

Written by Rob Ryser

Westchester County, New York

Bedford Hills

BEDFORD HILLS — So much has changed about firefighting in 50 years, from the larger size of trucks to the tougher demands of safety codes that voters overwhelmingly approved the department's plan to expand and modernize its 1959 headquarters.

http://www.lohud.com/article/20110810/NEWS02/108100319/Bedford-Hills-new-firehouse-under-budget-ahead-schedule?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Westchester County, New York

BHFD's Photo Gallery of Construction (46 pages): http://www.bedfordhillsfd.org/index.cfm?fs=gallery.gallery&Gallery=building

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after seeing many local firehouse jobs and school projects, wait and see when its done... sounds like a fluff piece...

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Especially in Bedford Hills...$$$$

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Fire Service gets good press, that's a good thing in my opinion. If voters read a negative piece about this (there are NO negatives though), then they will remember that next time your FD needs money for firehouse upgrades.

The firehouse really hasn't been touched since 1959, except for small things like an exhaust removal system. Just like their apparatus and other things Bedford Hills is the first to do, they've done considerable research on this and this has been planned for for over 10 years.

And, for the excellent service they provide to not only Bedford Hills, includiing the surrounding community, they have strong community support. They don't have to hide things to get things done, this whole process is transparent and the Commisioners and Officers make sure the taxpayers are fully informed as to what's going on. This is a community where most taxpayers get off the train and see the firehouse every single day.

An example of a disaster and piss poor planning by the elected Town Board is Greenburgh, which built a $70 million dollar library in the internet age and left a bad taste in taxpayers mouths, and now they don't have the money to build a desperately needed new Police Station and Courthouse on the perfect piece of property that the town repossesed, and consequently Fairview Fire District can't get voter approval to upgrade their obsolete Headquarters and expand the extremly small and obsolete Station 2.

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Fire Service gets good press..........

Maybe in Texas...LOL

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I meant WHEN the fire service gets good press.....