COVID-19 Challenges
Throughout the pandemic, CVFD has continued to put your health and safety ahead of their own in the face of growing risks and uncertainty. Social distancing and safety precautions required to battle COVID-19 exacerbated existing challenges, making the need for mission-critical facility updates undeniable.
Carcinogen Mitigation Improvements
When we go to work, we often bring dangerous carcinogens on our clothes back to the place in which we live. Although we do as much as we can to diminish the risk of exposure to cancer-causing toxins, our firehouse has physical limitations that prevent us from having a completely safe environment.
Accommodations For Female Firefighters
We currently have four female firefighters on staff, and a growing number of female applicants. When the station was last renovated 20 years ago, accommodations for women weren’t taken into consideration. We need to build designated showers and locker rooms for our female firefighters.
Redesigned Access To Apparatus Bays
When the station was originally built, there was no need for quick access to the apparatus bays because all firefighters were volunteers reporting to calls from home—no one slept at the station. Today, the area serves as our dormitory space, and creating a new, direct pathway to the apparatus bays is critical to our response time.
They say it takes a village.
The Chagrin Falls Firefighters Charitable Foundation has been raising money to help the Chagrin Valley Fire Department modernize our fire station, and improve our safety response. This project will need the support of our entire valley. Please take a moment to watch this video created by Chagrin Falls Resident, Rob Falls of Falls & Co. to learn why your fire department needs your support and how you can help.
