June 2024 | Vol. 24 Iss. 6
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By Rebecca Olds | rebecca.o@thecityjournals.com
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riginally built in 1985 and showing its age with its leaking pipes and lack of wiggle room, the current Fire Station 31 (9010 S. 150 East) is not built to withstand the future growth of the area. A new station has been in the works for years as firefighters have worked with local government officials to design the new space. On April 23, the groundbreaking for the station, which will be located at 9295 S. 255 West, was a big milestone that made the plans start to take shape in reality. “We could have filled the RSL Soccer Stadium to capacity with the amount of enthusiasm that is mounting in our city for this groundbreaking today,” Sandy Mayor Monica Zoltanski said at the groundbreaking. With the wait coming to an end, Mayor Zoltanski, Interim Fire Chief Ryan McConaghie, members of the city council and Sandy District 31 firefighters attend the groundbreaking on April 23 for the new fire station. (Courtesy Sandy more, put their hovels in the dirt on April 23, City) and broke ground for the new Fire Station 31 after three distinct rings of the fire bell, inworked with the Sandy Fire Department for developing area known as the Cairns. As the stalled in every Sandy fire station three years Cairns grow, the fire station is fit to grow with 23 years. ago. Sandy’s Fire District 31 is the busiest it. Zoltanski called it “future proof.” “That’s going with the tradition of ringof the city’s five fire districts as it houses New upgrades benefit residents ing the bell. It reminds us why we do what McConaghie named “people, product the heart of the city’s sports, business, comwe do,” Chief McConaghie said, who has merce and affordable housing in the rapidly and purpose” as what drove the idea of “fu-
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Scan here to shop weekly deals 1860 E 9400 S ture proofing” the new fire station. The “people” that McConaghie said the new station would serve were both the firefighters and residents of the city. Heber Slabbert, principal partner and architect at AJC on the project, said the new station was designed to drastically reduce the response time for firefighters to respond to calls. “My life was saved by first responders who did 14 minutes of CPR, saving my life,” Continued page 9
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