A new barracks is inaugurated in eastern Sherbrooke

A new barracks is inaugurated in eastern Sherbrooke


A new fire station has been inaugurated in eastern Sherbrooke. The Hector-Olivier-Camirand barracks, on the Galvin path, will improve the response time in the district of Fleurimont.

The project was carried out with $ 5.3 million, which respects the budget initially planned. The barracks replaces the old installations of Boulevard Lavigerie, which has become too small to meet the needs of a growing population in the district of Fleurimont. Four firefighters will now be present at all times, for a total team of 16 firefighters.

Covering 90 % of the countryside of barracks 4 in less than five minutes, when we talk about saving lives, this is really the importance of the barracks.

A quote from Martin Primeau, director of the Sherbrooke fire protection service

The new barracks will have 16 firefighters in total.

Photo: Radio-Canada / Guylaine Charette

The building, built on a floor with mezzanine, was designed to meet the different needs of the population and firefighters. A laundry room plays in particular an important role in decontaminating the outfits after a fire.

There are 15 recognized cancers among firefighters. Soot is an element when it is carcinogenicexplains Martin Primeau.

Do not look for the fire post in the new barracks: they are rare, health-security requires. Sherbrooke stands out otherwise.

$ 5.3 million, to give you comparable, we have four firefighters in other administrative regions where we are in the $ 10, 12 million. We are really in the concrete of our needs with our ability to pay. It’s mission accomplished, I think, on this sidelaunches the chief of the operations division, Rémy Beaulieu.

With the information of Guylaine Charette

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