Mount Vernon temporarily closing Oak Street firehouse for repairs

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Mount Vernon has closed its firehouse on Oak Street for the foreseeable future so it can undergo long-needed structural repairs.

 

The crews and fire engine from Station 4 — Mount Vernon's oldest firehouse — will be moved to Station 3 on West Third Street until the city can open a temporary site near the Mount Vernon West train station. Emergency medical services will be spread around the city to maintain response times, the city announced.

 

 

Oak Street firehouse in Mount Vernon is shutting down for repairs (lohud.com)

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Two weeks after Mount Vernon shut its Oak Street firehouse over structural and health concerns, it remains uncertain whether the City Council will support Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard's plan to relocate the engine company.

 

The mayor has proposed a temporary firehouse at the Mount Vernon West train station, urging the council to approve a one-year lease with MacQuesten Station Takeover LLC for $7,500 a month. 

 

The 3,700-square-foot space at Mount Vernon Avenue and South West Street would provide living quarters for 10 to 14 firefighters and officers, a commercial kitchen, offices, a dining room and a day room. A tent large enough to cover two fire engines would be built in the parking lot.

 

 

FULL ARTICLE: Mount Vernon West train station proposed to host temporary firehouse (lohud.com)