Loganville's New Fire Station Opens

Taken from the Loganville Tribune

Loganville opens first Gwinnett fire station

LOGANVILLE — It was almost 10 years in the making, but finally July 2nd was the official grand opening of Fire Station No. 3, the first fire station on the Gwinnett County side of the city. “This will greatly increase our services and response time to this side of the city,” said Loganville Mayor Ray Nunley before thanking all those involved in the process.

Rick Morris said the station was already in operation with three people manning it — one battalion chief and two firefighters on the engine. “Although our response time to this part of the area was always good, the distance exceeded that required by our insurers for a certain rate and this now puts us within their requirements,” Morris said.

The $800,000 building was paid for by funds form the Gwinnett County Special Local Option Sales Tax, with $750,000 going toward the building cost and the balance of $50,000 toward furniture and fittings. An additional $395,000, also from a Gwinnett County SPLOST fund, was used to purchase and equip the new fire truck.