TOWN OF CARY OPENS NEW FIRE STATION IN NORTHWESTERN CARY

Cary FD to share multi-million dollar facility with Morrisville FD

CARY, NC – As part of its ongoing commitment to providing high quality service and quick responses to emergencies, the Town of Cary officially opened its newest, state-of-the art facility – Fire Station #7, 6900 Carpenter Fire Station Road, in a hose uncoupling ceremony today at the new station.  Cary Mayor Ernie McAlister and Council member Jennifer Robinson joined Cary Fire Chief Allan Cain and Morrisville Fire Chief Todd Wright in unhooking the hose to officially open the $4.1 million, 17,021-square-foot building that sits on nearly three acres and features offices, a training room, sleeping quarters, and three bays for housing fire apparatus.

In a unique twist highlighting the benefits of intergovernmental cooperation, the one-story brick station will house two companies from the Cary Fire Department and one from the Morrisville Fire Department. The towns entered into an agreement to co-locate in the facility because of the close proximity of the municipalities’ service areas, and the Morrisville FD had outgrown their facility, which is close to the new fire station. The Cary Fire Department will provide fire protection to the Town of Cary, and the Morrisville Fire Department will continue to service their community and unincorporated areas of Wake County. During each of the three shifts, the station will house nine Cary firefighters and 3-4 Morrisville firefighters. 

“This new facility is a testament of our continued commitment to finding innovative ways to meet the needs of our citizens,” said Cary Mayor Ernie McAlister. ”As this project demonstrates, we are dedicated to working together to create the best outcome not only for the people in Cary but also in our neighboring communities.”

“We’re pleased to bring this facility on-line and to be able to continue providing high quality service to our citizens in this part Cary,” said Cary’s Fire Chief Allan Cain.  “We look forward to sharing the new facility with the Morrisville Fire Department so that we may better protect the lives and property of people in our communities.”

“We see this as a win-win for the citizens of the Town of Morrisville, Town of Cary and Wake County,“ according to Morrisville’s Fire Chief Todd Wright. “The intergovernmental agreement exemplifies the commitment both towns have to provide the best level of service for the citizens of this area.” 

On July 28, 2005, the Cary Town Council awarded the Fire Station construction project to Centurion Construction of Raleigh, and construction began on the station the following month. The project was funded through the Town’s Capital Improvement Budget.   

Originally established in 1922 to save lives and property, the Town of Cary Fire Department has evolved from a small volunteer organization providing for the needs of the community into a 209-member multi-faceted and dynamic organization. The Town’s seven stations house a total of seven engines in service, three aerial trucks, two service ladder trucks and two special response units. The Cary Fire Department has been internationally accredited since 1999.

For more about Fire Station #7, visit www.townofcary.org.

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