VIDEO: Out with the old and in with the new as the City of Ann Arbor leads the way with a first-of-its-kind fire station coming to the city. It was a station built nearly 60 years ago in 1966 and has since outlived its use for firefighters in Ann Arbor. Now, a groundbreaking ceremony took place Tuesday for Fire Station 4, which will sit on the same land. Officials say this project will cost $10 million.
The new station will feature state-of-the-art technology and be the first net-zero fire station in the state. “The new station is going to have a geothermal well field for heating and cooling, and then it is also going to have solar panels on the roof, so the idea is that it produces as much energy as it uses,” said Ann Arbor Fire Chief Mike Kennedy. “So at the end of the year, it will be net zero for energy usage, which goes along with the City of Ann Arbor’s 820 goals for net neutrality.”
