McMinnville Working To Expand Rescue Squad Building To Accommodate Truck

McMinnville making plans to expand its rescue squad building.

Safety Committee Chair Zach Sutton said the squad recently purchased a 15-year-old rescue truck that will be able to house all of the equipment necessary for their rescues.

“They have to be able to get a lot of equipment to an area and that’s going to be the purpose of that truck, and they’re going to be doing a lot of those rescues,” Sutton said. “And it does not fit in the current bays. So the options were to retrofit the entire building, or to build new on the side.”

Sutton said the department has received a donation from Superior Walls that will cover approximately half of the construction cost. He said the city is looking at a price tag of about $25,000 to $30,000 to do the installation, the wiring, and the cost to do the build.

Sutton said there is not a current set deadline, and that the rescue squad has arranged accommodations for the truck with the county in the meantime.

“So I think they’re going to make sure they get the drawings right and get all the t’s crossed and i’s dotted with Codes,” Sutton said. “And so they have a plan to, not have a deadline, but move as quickly as they can to start training on the equipment from their own headquarters.”