St. Cloud Fire Department Hosts Open Houses and Info Sessions for New $43.5 Million Fire Station Proposal

(KNSI) – The St. Cloud Fire Department is holding open houses and informational sessions to make the case to residents to approve building a sixth station in November.

The next meetings are on September 17th. The first is at 10:00 a.m. at Fire Station One (101 10th Avenue North) in downtown St. Cloud, and the second is at 5:00 p.m. at the proposed site for the new station on the corner of 33rd Street South and County Road 74. The evening session will coincide with a mayor’s town hall. Attendees will get to tour the fire station, hear a presentation on a proposed new station and ask questions.

Voters are being asked to support a new $43.5 million station and training facility. If approved on the November ballot, it would cost the average St. Cloud homeowner $9 a month over the next 20 years.

Officials say another fire station will cut response times across the city and lower homeowner insurance rates for nearby residents. Its location would also put it close to St. Cloud Tech High School, Stride Academy and Athlos Academy.

Other tours and informational sessions are set for:

October 1st at 10:00 a.m. at Fire Station Two (727 Anderson Avenue)

October 8th at 10:00 a.m. at Fire Station Five (3850 Clearwater Road)

October 9th from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Fire Station Three during the Fire Prevention Week Open House (1201 University Drive Southeast)

For more information on the referendum, click here.

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