{"id":26964,"date":"2025-06-05T08:54:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=26964"},"modified":"2025-06-05T08:54:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:54:53","slug":"leaky-fire-station-to-get-repairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/05\/leaky-fire-station-to-get-repairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaky fire station to get repairs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It seems more than a little ironic that the Decatur Fire Department is having a significant problem with … water!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moisture is coming into the south portion of the department’s station on Seventh St. and no one can detect just where it’s coming from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The part of the building affected is, essentially, a pole barn with a brick facade. It was constructed in 1983 and thus is 42 years old, Fire Chief Jeff Sheets told Decatur’s board of works and safety at its Tuesday meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The water problems have not affected the original building, constructed in 1932, nor the portion on the north end, built some time in the 1960s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some repairs were made a year or so ago due to moisture and mold, but haven’t rectified the problem. And it’s a key problem since it’s in the south portion of the station where the firefighters sleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Sheets explained some of the places where moisture has been found \u2013 \u201cWater pours in at a corner post (of the building),\u201d he said \u2013 but nothing was more dramatic than his explanation that a dehumidifier in the sleeping quarters has to be emptied three times a day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThree times?\u201d asked in incredulous Craig Coshow, one of the members of the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have no idea where the water is coming from. We’re at our wit’s end trying to figure it out,\u201d Sheets said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He noted that seven posts in the building need to be replaced, including six by the sleeping quarters, and that should rectify the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sheets secured two quotes which would provide the needed repairs: Arnold Lumber of Decatur, $8,900, and Meyer Building of Craigville, $13,400.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Arnold quote seems reasonable,\u201d said board member Tyler Fullenkamp, who then moved to award a contract to the local firm. Coshow agreed and a 3-0 vote sealed the deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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