FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — When a hurricane threatens our area, many people are told to get somewhere safe, but where do essential first responders go?
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“We have no certified housing to keep our people in, in the city, to ride out a high-wind event such as a hurricane,” Fairhope’s City Engineer Richard Johnson said in a council meeting.
That’s why the city of Fairhope is building its first hurricane safe room, designed specifically to give those workers a safe space to take cover.
The 4,000-square-foot room being built on Pecan Avenue is designed to protect against wind speeds up to 200 miles per hour. It will accommodate over 70 local police, fire, public works and utility first responders, along with first responders from neighboring agencies when needed…