Bentonville opens newest fire station

BENTONVILLE — It was a quiet morning for the city’s newest fire station.

Station No. 6 opened at 7 a.m. on Southwest I Street. Chief Brent Boydston and Mayor Bob McCaslin visited it during its first operational hours.

“It’s simple and very functional,” Boydston said of the 9,300-square-foot station.

There’s a foyer and reporting room at the building’s entrance. Three individual bathrooms, each with their own toilet and shower, line the south wall. A fitness room is in the building’s most southwest corner.

The kitchen, dinning area and day room all open to each other in the back of the building. The hallway in the front has six bedrooms. There’s an entrance to the bay area from the kitchen and the bedroom hallway for quick and direct access.

The station has one fire engine and an ambulance. An empty bay was included for future growth in mind, Boydston said.

The station cost $2.1 million and was paid for with set aside money and some impact fees, McCaslin said. The city didn’t accrue debt on the equipment, either.

Having a station in the southwest corner of the city will protect with city’s ISO 2 rating, Boydston said. ISO rating help determine home insurance rates.

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