Work is expected to begin next April on the building of a new fire station on the east side of Pueblo, Colorado. The project will replace the Pueblo Fire Department's current Station 6, which is located at 1325 East 4th Street. The department currently has ten stations located strategically on all sides of the city but has also announced plans to build an eleventh station that will go up at the intersection of Pueblo Boulevard and West 24th Street. That newest station will be designed to provide coverage to the growing west side of the city. As earlier announced, the new stations will not only provide more equipment space but will also have living quarters with bedrooms and kitchens, training facilities, and gym space. Just as important as the new space, construction of the fire stations will see the creation of truck rooms that are separated from the rest of the facilities. To this end, Barb Huber, chief of the fire department, said the stations will feature a better ventilation system to dispose of toxic fumes from the trucks. Work may begin on yet a third new station, this one on the north side of the city, later next summer. This third project will see the replacement of Station Number 8, which is located at 1551 Bonforte Boulevard on the upper north side of the city. Funding for the new facilities work is coming through some $37 million in Certificates of Participation approved earlier this year by the Pueblo City Council. Such certificates are typically used by cities to fund infrastructure and facilities projects, paying back whatever the amount is on a long-range basis. The Pueblo Fire Department was officially created in 1889 when the city's population stood at around 24,000. Today that city is home to some 112,000 residents, with the fire department responding to more than 30,000 calls a year. By Garry Boulard
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