5 West Valley View, Avondale, Arizona, Friday, June 3, 2011
Photo courtesy of Buckeye Valley Fire District
SHOT shows the new fire station that has gone into service at 19937 W. Arling- ton Road, west of Rainbow Valley Road in Rainbow Valley.
AN AERIAL
Rainbow Valley gets new fire station, too
by Brent Whiting staff writer
New fire stations are popping up like mushrooms in the Buckeye area. Well, not exactly, but a new one opened May 27 in Rainbow Valley and there was a groundbreaking on Wednesday for another in Verrado. “Trust me, both of these new stations are well needed,” said Bob Costello, the Buckeye fire chief. “They will be real positives for the community.” The Buckeye Valley Fire District’s new $4.1 million station was built at 19937 W.
Arlington Road, just a half-mile west of Rainbow Valley Boulevard in Rainbow Valley.
Area residents may tour the facility during a public open house set for 6 to 8 p.m. June 11, said Karen Alexander, a district spokeswoman.
million Verrado station was hosted by the Buckeye Fire Department. It will go up on Verrado Way, south of Thomas Road, in the town’s Verrado com- munity north of Interstate 10. The new Rainbow Valley station takes
The groundbreaking for the new $4.4
the place of an antiquated fire house that used to occupy the 5-acre site. The station, which is the ninth for the
sprawling Buckeye Valley Fire District, will be staffed 24 hours a day by six fire- fighters, including an engine company and a two-member ambulance crew. It has 15,192 square feet and three equipment apparatus bays, said Bill Cox, a vice president for CORE Construction, a Phoenix firm that built the station. Furthermore, it has a number of “green features that are expected to qualify it for at least a silver LEED, or Leadership in
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Energy and Environmental Design, award for sustainable design, Cox said. Once other features are installed, it is
expected to achieve a higher gold award from the U.S. Green Council, a group based in Washington, D.C., he said. “It was a good time to be a buyer of construction, given the poor economic conditions,” Cox said. “The project was completed six weeks ahead of schedule and under budget.”
Brent Whiting can be reached by email at
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