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Company No. 7 is home again.
âThis is a great day,â said Roanoke Fire-EMS Chief David Hoback. âWe built this station for the next 75 years of service to this community.â
The reconstruction of Fire Station No. 7 has been a closely watched and anticipated project in Roanoke.
The new firehouse, christened with a grand opening Wednesday, offers almost four times as much space and is better designed to meet modern needs â including, crucially, being able to properly house both male and female firefighters. That is something the prior, circa-1922 fire station couldnât do.
âI certainly want to thank our fire and EMS personnel,â said City Manager Bob Cowell, adding that while the historic station was of a great era it was no longer able to support the communityâs needs.
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