Residents overwhelmingly support a new fire station, but some are worried about training burn environmental impact
CUYAHOGA FALLS, Ohio — Residents in Cuyahoga Falls are overwhelmingly in support of a plan to replace Fire Station 4 on Northampton Road, but some are concerned about the smoke that would be produced by a proposed burn tower that is part of the current plan.
Cuyahoga Falls Ward 8 Councilman Frank Stams also agreed with resident concerns; even though he made it clear everyone is in favor of a new fire station and firefighter training, he and some residents just believe the burn tower should be built in a more remote location. "I will lobby my council members to investigate and search in their wards for a better location," Stams said. “The residents here also face an economic challenge as well with the building of the burn tower. How is that going to affect property values?”
“It’s hard, almost impossible, to know how many times we’re going to burn. We are going to set a maximum number of times that we will burn to make sure that we don’t overuse the facility. It’s going to be part of the ordinance when it’s drafted,” Martin said. “We have to comply with all EPA standards. It has to be a permitted facility and a permitted burn every time we burn.”
“We’re a public safety agency. We are not going to put the public safety at risk for training purposes,” Martin said."That’s not what we’re planning on doing and we’re confident with what we’re doing and the building that we’re designing that we're going to be able to accomplish that.”
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