The city of Lenexa is looking at renovating its old city hall property into a new headquarters for the Lenexa Fire Department. Currently home to a one-truck fire station, the city would like to demolish the old city hall building on the site near 87th Street Parkway and Monrovia Street and build a structure that would serve as the new headquarters for the department. “It cuts our response time to the 79th (Street) and Quivira corridor in half,” Lenexa Fire Chief Travis Vaughn said. “We’re in a time-based business where people get sicker or become more hurt and or the fire gets bigger the longer it takes us to get there.” He added: “That’s why it’s imperative that we’ve got fire stations based out of areas in the community where we can touch most parts of the community that are well-populated within four minutes (of) straight drive time.” Plans for the property envision a three- to four-bay facility that also has space for administrative offices, along with upgrades that focus on the physical and mental health of the firefighters, similar to what the Shawnee Fire Department showcased with the opening of two renovated fire stations earlier this year.
Source: Johnson County Post
