The Hopkinsville Fire Department’s main station on West First Street is getting a new roof that will significantly change the building’s appearance. A pitched, metal roof is being constructed over the building’s flat roof.
Work started Monday and should be completed next week, although rain delays could affect the completion date, said Fire Chief Steve Futrell.
The fire station is 60 years old, and the roof had never been replaced.
“We’ve been patching it for 10 years,” Futrell said.
There were frequent leaks in supply rooms and the firefighters’ living quarters.
The city initially planned to seek bids for another flat roof, but council members then asked the fire department to check on the possibility of a pitched roof because of leaking issues that often occur with a flat roof.
Another advantage of the pitched roof is the protection it will provide to the building’s heating and cooling units, said Futrell.
Done Right Remodeling, a company owned by Terry Hale, is the contractor. The cost $92,000, said Futrell.
(Jennifer P. Brown is the editor and founder of Hoptown Chronicle. Reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org.)
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. She spent 30 years as a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition.
