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[[Image:BirminghamFirestation27.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Birmingham Fire Station No. 27]]
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'''Birmingham Fire Station No. 27''' is located at 400 [[Huffman Road]] and serves the [[Roebuck]] and [[Huffman]] areas.
'''Birmingham Fire Station No. 27''' is located at 401 [[Huffman Road]] and serves the [[Roebuck]] and [[Huffman]] areas. It was built in the mid-1950s.


In [[1960]] the station, then located across the street at 401 Huffman Road, was equipped with a 1938 Seagrave pumper truck with a 750-gallon capacity. A second 750-gallon pump truck was kept there on a reserve basis.
In [[1960]] the station was equipped with a 1938 Seagrave pumper truck with a 750-gallon capacity. A second 750-gallon pump truck was kept there on a reserve basis.
 
In June [[2019]] the station was temporarily closed to investigate complaints about interior air quality. [[Bhate Environmental Services]] surveyed the building and found no problems with mold or contaminants. As a precautionary measure, the city planned to conduct a "deep cleaning" of the station, to remove materials that may contain asbestos, and to make other upgrades to ventilation.


==Equipment==
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==References==
* Beahm, Anna (July 19, 2019) "Asbestos tiles, tape to be replaced at Fire Station 27; testing found ‘no significant’ air pollutants." {{BN}}


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Revision as of 16:49, 19 July 2019

Birmingham Fire Station No. 27

Birmingham Fire Station No. 27 is located at 401 Huffman Road and serves the Roebuck and Huffman areas. It was built in the mid-1950s.

In 1960 the station was equipped with a 1938 Seagrave pumper truck with a 750-gallon capacity. A second 750-gallon pump truck was kept there on a reserve basis.

In June 2019 the station was temporarily closed to investigate complaints about interior air quality. Bhate Environmental Services surveyed the building and found no problems with mold or contaminants. As a precautionary measure, the city planned to conduct a "deep cleaning" of the station, to remove materials that may contain asbestos, and to make other upgrades to ventilation.

Equipment

  • Quint 27
  • Rescue 27
  • Rescue 28

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References

  • Beahm, Anna (July 19, 2019) "Asbestos tiles, tape to be replaced at Fire Station 27; testing found ‘no significant’ air pollutants." The Birmingham News
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