IN MILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, THE STATE HAS given the town 15 working days to remove all employees from the Milton Fire-Rescue building due to safety issues.

Originally, the state Dept. of Labor, Inspection Division, had given them 5 days to vacate, but the town administrator convinced them that it just wasn’t possible and negotiated a compromise of 15 days.

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The state claims that emissions from the fire trucks were not being properly expelled and were a safety hazard to the firefighters.  They also claimed that the old building, which was originally a horse barn, might have horse manure embedded in the insulation.  They also said that the paint inside might have lead in it.

The building was condemned last May by the State Fire Marshal, but the town was given a 1-year variance to give them time to bring it up to code.  However the town council declined to take that measure because of the cost in doing so.

The town is trying to arrange for a mobile home to be located nearby to provide shelter and amenities for the firefighters.

The Foster’s Daily Democrat provides the full story including the town’s proposed solutions HERE.

Firegeezer adds:  Obviously there’s something more to this story that isn’t being said out loud.  When has a firehouse been condemned because the exhausts weren’t ventilated?  And to load up the complaint with a bunch of “maybe’s” and “might be’s” that haven’t been determined indicates to me that this is just being used as a tool to settle a different problem.  Hmmm.

Milton Fire-Rescue Dept. website is HERE.

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