Almost two years after central peninsula voters backed the construction of a new fire station for Soldotna, the building is starting to take shape.
Right now, the new fire station doesn’t really look like a fire station. It’s mostly cement and wood frames. Pipes stick out of the ground, and white hard hats are mandatory attire for anyone taking a look around.
With the smell of lumber in the air, Fire Marshal Chuck Roney gestures while explaining what the different spaces will be.
“This is going to be the main entrance through this covered area, and this will kind of be (the) initial, kind of lobby-esque space,” he said while walking through the site. “And then over there, where those gentlemen area, that’ll be the beginnings of the – kind of the admin wing.”…