More Safety For Germantown Maryland Homes
Attention residents of
Montgomery County homes of Germantown: the city has already broke ground on its third fire station. The East Germantown Fire Station will be located by the intersection of Route 355 and Boland Farm Road. It will serve the
Germantown, Maryland real estate found in; Neelsville, Fox Chapel, Middlebrook and Ridge Road Recreation Park.
Currently this fire station will be servicing roughly 12.7 square miles. The station is designed to be one-story and will have four drive-through bays and administrative area with living space. This Fire Station will encompass roughly 22,200 Square feet and was designed by LeMay Erickson Wilcox Architects. This Architecture firm has established itself among the American Institute of Architechts by winning the T. David Fitz Gibbon’s award. This award is award is one of the highest awarded to Architects in the state of Virginia. Currently the
Montgomery county homes that are serviced by Germantown firefighters amount to roughly 84,000 residents. The new Fire Stations will assist in servicing these residents, until then Crystal Rock Drive will continue to be servicing this whole town. The Crystal Rock Drive Fire station has been servicing the Germantown since it opened in 1989. The West Germantown Fire station which will be the second fire station to open in Germantown Is scheduled to be completed in January.
County Officials believe that once the East Germantown Fire Station and the West Germantown Fire Station open, it will help in reducing response time which has been an issue for the city. Another problem that these firestations face is the lack of firefighters and equipment. This problem is due to the growing population of Germantown. Germantown is one of the fastest growing cities in its county. By 2015 it is predicted that the East Germantown Fire station will be serving a population of roughly 34,360 people. Currently this new Fire Department will have roughly 20 firefighters, and the station will have a goal of getting to their destination within six minutes of notification. The six minutes response time will includes the time from which the patron places the call which is processed, the preparation and loading of the vehicles, and the actual travel time. There are a couple of reasons why this department’s goal is to respond within 6 minutes, the first being that fires grow increasingly faster for each minute that they burn, and also this is due to the ambulance response time. Research has shown that if a person’s heart stops brain damage may begin within four to six minutes. This fact only amplifies the importance of the six minute response time.
