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Y-12 celebrates new fire station, emergency operations center

Posted at 3:26 pm January 26, 2023
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Y-12 Site Manager Gene Sievers talks about the plant’s new fire station and emergency operations center during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

A new fire station and emergency operations center at the Y-12 National Security Complex will replace “severely outdated” buildings that were constructed in the 1940s, about eight decades ago. The new buildings will improve working conditions, consolidate operations now conducted in separate places, and provide ample space for large equipment like fire trucks, federal officials and Y-12 leaders said during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday.

Workers at the plant, which manufactures components for the nation’s nuclear weapons, among other activities, have been talking about the new facilities for at least 13 years. The start of construction was celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony in April 2021. The new buildings, reported to have cost $68 million, are part of a “huge transformation,” an effort to modernize the site.

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Filed Under: Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Police and Fire, Premium Content, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: CNS, Consolidated Nuclear Security, Emergency Operations Center, fire station, Gene Sievers, Jill Hruby, Jim Blair, Manhattan Project, National Nuclear Security Admininstration, NNSA, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 Fire Department, Y-12 National Security Complex

Soil being removed for Y-12 fire station

Posted at 4:17 pm July 3, 2021
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Soil is being removed for a new fire station at the Y-12 National Security Complex. (Photo by Y-12)

About 15,000 cubic yards of soil needs to be excavated to flatten a site for a new fire station at the Y-12 National Security Complex, and almost half of the soil has been removed so far, officials said this week.

The new fire station is one of several under construction at Y-12. Others include an emergency operations center and the Uranium Processing Facility. There was a groundbreaking for the fire station in April, after construction had already started on the emergency operations center.

The fire station replaces one built in 1947, and the EOC will be the home of the site’s operations center, which is currently located in a World War II-era building.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Police and Fire, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: fire station, Y-12 National Security Complex

New fire station, emergency operations center being built at Y-12

Posted at 9:10 pm April 27, 2021
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

A new fire station is being built at the Y-12 National Security Complex. Above, NNSA, Consolidated Nuclear Security, and Y-12 Fire Station leaders toss the first shovels of dirt for the new fire station on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (Photo by Y-12)

A new fire station and emergency operations center are being built at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

They are pilot projects designed to streamline the efficiency and delivery of specific construction projects under $50 million, the National Nuclear Security Administration said in a press release.

The NNSA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, and Y-12 managing and operating contractor Consolidated Nuclear Security had a groundbreaking ceremony for the fire station on Tuesday. A few blocks away, the emergency operations center (EOC) is already under construction.

The fire station replaces one built in 1947, and the EOC will be the home of the site’s operations center, which is currently located in a World War II-era building. “Together, these new facilities will replace two outdated buildings and enhance our emergency response capabilities,” said Gene Sievers, Y-12 site manager.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, National Nuclear Security Administration, Police and Fire, Slider, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Consolidated Nuclear Security, Emergency Operations Center, fire station, Gene Sievers, James McConnell, Lori Pierotti-Callahan, Loyd Williams, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, Scott Vowell, Sheila Feddis, Teresa Robbins, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 National Security Complex

Updated: Council approves $500,000 renovation to Fire Station 4 at ETTP

Posted at 12:45 am May 14, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Oak Ridge Fire Station

Oak Ridge Fire Department Station 4 is pictured above at the East Tennessee Technology Park, the former K-25 site in west Oak Ridge. (File photo courtesy of U.S. Department of Energy)

 

Note: This story was updated at 10 a.m. May 15.

The Oak Ridge City Council on Monday authorized about $500,000 in renovations at Fire Station 4 at the East Tennessee Technology Park, the former K-25 site, a federal site in west Oak Ridge.

The funds for the renovations are currently available in the Fiscal Year 2019 budget for the West End Fire Fund, Oak Ridge Fire Chief Darryl Kerley said in an April 27 memo to City Manager Mark Watson.

The total estimated cost of the renovations, based on a sealed bid process, is not to exceed $515,000, Kerley said. He said funds have been set aside for the past 11 years.

The project was unanimously approved in a 7-0 vote after a brief discussion at the City Council meeting on Monday.

The funds are part of the overall re-industrialization that will convert the ETTP fire station from a U.S. Department of Energy fire station to a municipal fire station through a DOE memorandum of agreement for the operation and maintenance of the fire station. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Front Page News, Government, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Darryl Kerley, DOE, East Tennessee Technology Park, ETTP, ETTP fire station, fire station, Fire Station 4, K-25 History Center, K-25 site, Mark Watson, Oak Ridge City Council, renovations, U.S. Department of Energy, Wright Contracting Inc.

Federal funding of $28 million recommended for Y-12 fire station

Posted at 10:06 am July 26, 2017
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

A fire engine is parked in front of the existing fire station at the Y-12 National Security Complex. (Photo courtesy Y-12)

A fire engine is parked in front of the existing fire station at the Y-12 National Security Complex. (Photo courtesy Y-12)

 

The Trump administration and congressional appropriations committees have agreed that $28 million in federal funding should be provided for a new fire station at the Y-12 National Security Complex.

The current fire station at Y-12 was built in the 1940s, and it is located within the most highly protected area of the nuclear weapons plant and close to the most hazardous operations, according to the National Nuclear Security Administration. Y-12 is an NNSA site.

“Seismic, tornado, hazardous material release, and security events could render the fire station inaccessible,” the NNSA said in a budget request submitted to Congress for fiscal year 2018, which starts October 1. (See page 271 here.)

Emergency planning assessments show that many hazardous materials releases would “have a very short travel time” before affecting the fire station, the NNSA said. Also, it’s critical to allow off-duty personnel to access the fire station since they augment the on-duty staff, the NNSA said.

The new fire station would be a single-story building of about 35,000 square feet. It would be located on the east end of Y-12, said Steven Wyatt, spokesperson for the NNSA Production Office in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Front Page News, Government, National Nuclear Security Administration, Slider, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: Congress, Donald Trump, fire station, House Appropriations Committee, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, NNSA budget request, NNSA Production Office, Senate Appropriations Committee, Steven Wyatt, Trump administration, U.S. Department of Energy, Y-12 fire station, Y-12 National Security Complex

Lower fire classification in Clinton could lower home owners’ insurance premiums

Posted at 10:30 pm December 30, 2014
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A lower community classification for Clinton and its fire department could translate, overall, into reductions in insurance premiums for home owners, a press release said.

The Insurance Services Office Inc., or ISO, notified the city and the Clinton Fire Department of the new community classification, which is 02/2X. That’s lower than the previous classification of 4, the press release said.

The new classification follows a recent analysis of the structural fire suppression delivery system for the City of Clinton. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Clinton, Front Page News, Police and Fire Tagged With: Archie Brummitt, City of Clinton, Clinton Fire Department, Community Classification, fire hydrant, fire rating, fire station, fire suppression, Insurance Services Office Inc., ISO, Roger Houck

Clinton gives land to SL Tennessee for expansion, will receive fire station donation

Posted at 2:29 pm July 28, 2014
By Sara Wise 4 Comments

SL Tennessee

SL Tennessee is on Frank L. Diggs Drive in the Clinton I-75 Industrial Park.

Note: This story was updated at 2:30 p.m. July 29.

CLINTON—The Clinton City Council voted unanimously Monday to make an exchange with SL Tennessee.

SL Tennessee was given more than 52 acres after the auto parts manufacturer announced plans to invest $80.5 million to build a 250,000-square-foot plant in the Clinton I-75 Industrial Park. The building, SL Tennessee’s fifth expansion since locating in Clinton in 2001, will manufacture automobile headlights and tail lamps for General Motors.

In exchange, after construction is complete, the company will donate between $200,000 and $250,000 to the city to build a new fire station in the industrial park.

Anderson County Economic Development Association Director Tim Thompson approached the council during a special-called meeting Monday morning to propose the deal. No one from the public came forward to speak on the proposal. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Clinton, Clinton, Clinton, Government, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Economic Development Association, Clinton, Clinton City Council, Clinton I-75 Industrial Park, expansion, fire station, Frank L. Diggs Drive, General Motors, headlights, Jerry Shattuck, land, Roger Houck, SL Tennessee, tail lamps, Tim Thompson

Clinton Fire Department expansion to cut response times

Posted at 12:02 am March 1, 2014
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

Workers are building an expansion of the Clinton Fire Department’s headquarters that will create a place where three on-duty firefighters can stay during their shifts, including a sleeping area, a kitchen, a day room, and both men’s and women’s bathrooms. The expansion will also create a new office for the Fire Department.

Officials said that expanding the headquarters and creating space for on-call firefighters to remain on the premises should cut down on response times on the western side of the city.

Clinton Fire Chief Archie Brummitt said the department conducted a study of fire hall locations with the Municipal Technical Advisory Service—or MTAS—several months ago that determined that the majority of the calls answered by the department are centered in and around Clinton’s downtown area. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Clinton, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Archie Brummitt, calls, Clinton Fire Department, expansion, fire station, Fire Station No. 1, Fire Station No. 2, firefighters, headquarters, MTAS, Municipal Technical Advisory Service, response times, WYSH Radio

Medford Fire Department votes to display ‘In God We Trust’

Posted at 8:04 pm March 13, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

The board of directors of the Medford Volunteer Fire Department on Tuesday voted unanimously to display the national motto of “In God We Trust” on its fire station on Lake City Highway.

Chief Mike Cagle recommended displaying the motto, and the decision comes on the heels of last month’s decision by the Anderson County Commission to post the phrase on the Courthouse.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Anderson County, Police and Fire, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County Commission, board of directors, fire station, In God We Trust, Lake City Highway, Medford Volunteer Fire Department, Mike Cagle, national motto

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