The Clifton Volunteer Fire Department could soon be seeking grant funding for a new prefabricated fire station.
The department has just outgrown the current station on Coronado Boulevard, said Chief Rick Varela.
“We’ve got two big trucks and one small truck and one of them is always sitting outside and it’s really not good for it to be under the hot Arizona sun, there are hoses on top that can rot,” Varela said.
In addition, the department hasn’t been able to hold its twice-monthly firefighters’ meeting in more than a year because of COVID-19; the space simply doesn’t allow for social distancing, Varela said.
His firefighters have no room to store their turnouts and without laundry facilities, they’re unable to properly wash their carcinogen-carrying gear following fires, Varela said.