The city of Lewiston unveiled its new fire station Wednesday, a brand-new facility on a street named after a firefighter who died in the line of duty. The new Department 5 is nearly 11,000 square feet and sits on Captain Bazinet Way, a street near outer Main Street that was named last year.
The city’s fire chief says older fire stations have outlived their usefulness, and this new station replaces one that needed major repairs. “The other station was built in the 1950s, it’s significantly smaller, it’s not really a healthy building, it had a lot of structural issues being 75 years old,” Lewiston Fire Chief Mark Caron said. “A lot of health standards have changed in the last 75 years, so this building is designed with those in mind.”
The facility cost around $5.5 million to build and features a commercial kitchen, shower rooms, locker rooms and a gym. The chief says they have a 10-year plan to replace other aging stations and had already replaced Station 4 last year and are hoping to complete the next station in the coming two to three years.
