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| Exterior Elevations of the soon to be constructed Beulah Fire Station from the latest design drawings |
The station will be modern, state of the art and will have all the amenities necessary to support the Firefighters and all of their equipment. This location is the current site of Escambia's Station 2, which for decades was an all-volunteer station.
You can read all about what this station will look like and its size and functionality in this blog post from last year.
Recently, the county has paid for a full-time daytime crew of Firefighters, and the volunteers are running calls in the evenings and on weekends. By all reports the new arrangement is working very well which is great for this community.
It has been a long road to get us to this point, getting the property acquired from the volunteers, getting the design done, cobbling together the funding, taking the project to bid, and now, finally, getting the construction started.
COVID-19 slowed the process significantly--but we are now back on track.
In addition to the groundbreaking, It will be my intention to dedicate the facility to two men and their families who have sacrificed so much over the years to this community and this station. One of these individuals, Chief Dwain S. Bradshaw, sacrificed his life in the line of duty to the citizens of Escambia County. The other, Chief Steve McNair, gave over 50 years of service to the Beulah community and helped build the current station 2.
These two men each gave for their community, gave much. So it is my intention to honor both men with this facility which I will ask the BCC to support as I bring a resolution to name this, our newst ECFR station, The "Bradshaw-McNair" Fire Station.
I intend to bring the resolution and proclamation for naming this facility in honor of Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. McNair to the regular Board of County Commissioners Meeting on May 5th, and to present the proclamation to Mr. Bradshaw's family and Mr. McNair the following day at the groundbreaking ceremony.
The entire Beulah community and all those who have served the Beulah Community as Volunteer Firefighters are invited and are encouraged to attend. We will also have current fire personnel and other dignitaries present as well. This will be a great day for the families of Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. McNair, the community, for Beulah, for ECFR, and for our entire county.
Everyone is invited to come and witness this great day in Escambia County!
Read about Chief Steve McNair here
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