The Buzz - Coles District Fire & Rescue Station 6 Ribbon-Cutting

The Prince William County Department of Fire and Rescue recently held the official ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the new Coles District Fire and Rescue Station 6.
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Chair of the Board of County Supervisors, Ann Wheeler, attended the ribbon cutting and said a new station was due since the original Coles District Volunteer Fire Department was formed in 1949 when the population of the county was only about 22,000 people. When the station was last upgraded in 1979, the county had grown to 145,000. The county now has a population of approximately 465,000.
Wheeler went on to say that while some things have changed, other things have stayed the same, like the dedication of those in the fire and rescue system in serving the community and the board’s commitment to public safety. “The Board of County Supervisors fully supports our fire and rescue, and all of our public safety officials in our system. We want to make sure that you have the equipment, the facilities, the people needed to serve our community that keeps on growing.”
Wheeler also said, “We have a fire and rescue system that works 24/7, 365 days a year to protect us, and I’m truly thankful for that. We have men and women who rush toward danger when most of us are the ones who are running away.”
Coles District Yesli Vega also spoke at the ceremony to open the 21,500 square-foot fire and rescue station and said fire and rescue personnel deserve the best the county can offer. “The 21 men and women who will work out of this building and fight the raging forces of Mother Nature are the best we have in this county, and they deserve a first-class facility like this beautiful building we see here today.”
As the wife of a veteran, Vega said she appreciates it when people thank her husband for his service. She said firefighter and emergency medical technicians deserve the same. “The calls the men and women respond to represent no less of a sacrifice, and we owe them an incredible debt of gratitude. You all deserve this building and much more. May God bless you and keep you safe.”
Fire and Rescue System Chief Tim Keen said it was an honor to be at the ceremony to open the new station, which carries on “the tradition of being a cornerstone of the Coles District community.”
Keen said that when a group of county citizens formed the Coles District Volunteer Fire Department 71 years ago, to serve the district and the county at large, it included an engine company and an ambulance. Today, Keen said, the new station houses an engine company, a tanker, a heavy rescue unit, a brush truck, a hazmat unit and a safety officer and the staff to keep the equipment in operation.
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[@bartpike441]

I was a member of that department company 6 Cole's district. Is that a renovation of the second fire house we had I was a part of second on route 234. And most of the members help build that second Firehouse. This was back when John Scott was our chief. You guys and girls be safe.

[@hardcore20035]

Is this a paid station or can Volunteers still ride there?