GREENWOOD COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — New fireplace stations will quickly assist extra folks in Greenwood County.
“This station was added as a part of the fireplace service grasp plan, a number of years in the past,” stated Hodges-Cokesbury Fireplace Chief Jim Baber. “That is the fourth station of six.”
Station 41 in Hodges opens on Saturday, March 12 and county leaders stated two extra stations will open by the top of the yr. All of stations are paid for by the county’s capital initiatives gross sales tax. Station 41 value about $250,000 and leaders stated the entire value for the six stations is just below $2 million.
“That penny tax that you just pay that you just in all probability by no means miss, helps to enhance your high quality of life right here, it brings business into the county, it brings extra folks into the county,” stated Baber.
Baber stated this station is making the neighborhood safer, in conditions when each minute counts.
“We are able to minimize response occasions down, in all probability as much as 10 minutes,” stated Baber.
Baber additionally stated Station 41’s location additionally means extra houses within the county are coated.
“It provides about 266 homes that may now have fireplace safety inside 5 miles of a fireplace station, whereas earlier than they didn’t,” stated Baber.
He stated it’s an enormous plus for some owners too.
“Relying in your insurance coverage firm, it might probably decrease your charge that you just pay,” stated Baber.
Baber additionally stated when the ultimate two stations open later this yr, about 99.6 % of buildings within the county may have fireplace protection inside 5 miles.
“We cowl all however a handful of properties in the whole county, and that’s nearly unparalleled in any county,” stated Baber.
There’s an open home for Station 41 on Saturday, March 12. Folks can cease by 225 Miller Street in Hodges from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.