After more than 80 years at its old station, including one expansion in the 1970s, the Norvelt Volunteer Fire Department celebration a move into a new station on Sunday.
The department’s fleet includes: three full-size fire engines; squad and brush trucks, each built on a pickup chassis; and a utility terrain vehicle with a trailer to transport it. The new station covers more than 7,200 square feet.
Construction began in the summer of 2023.
Among the improved features of the new station are separate areas housing the fire chief’s office and a radio room, with added computer technology.
Other new features that provide an extra level of safety for the firefighters are a system that draws away exhaust fumes while fire engines are running inside the station and a machine that launders members’ uniforms to remove traces of toxic or carcinogenic material they may have encountered at an emergency scene.
