. << "just a fantastic fire department and they need room to expand," said sandy nibbelink, expansion supporter. built in 1973 the current station houses the trucks, gear, and maintenance on the equipment. the orange city fire chief says the expansion is all about the safety of the firefighters. "where we gear up is about three feet of the apparatus. when we respond instances where some guys have bumped into each other and some stitches have been had," said orange city fire chief dennis vanderwel. another safety concern...the lack of ventilation. it exposes the firefighters to high levels of contamination from diesel exhaust. "we want to put that gear in a special room that is in a ventilated room. so when the guys come back from a call and the stuff is dirty; the stuff can get to the laundry right away and get the city fire chief dennis vanderwel. the fire department expansion would take the it south, to this empty lot behind me," said michelle schoening, siouxland's news channel. the 3.5 million dollar project relies on a bond vote set for march 1st. as well as private fundraising a

"just a fantastic fire department and they need room to expand," said sandy nibbelink, expansion supporter. built in 1973 the current station houses the trucks, gear, and maintenance on the equipment. the orange city fire chief says the expansion is all about the safety of the firefighters. "where we gear up is about three feet of the apparatus. when we respond to calls we have had some instances where some guys have bumped into each other and some stitches have been had," said orange city fire chief dennis vanderwel. another safety concern...the lack of ventilation. it exposes the firefighters to high levels of contamination from diesel exhaust. "we want to put that gear in a special room that is in a ventilated room. so when the guys come back from a call and the stuff is dirty; the stuff can get to the laundry right away and get the vanderwel. the fire department expansion would take the existing meeting room and move it south, to this empty lot behind me," said michelle schoening, siouxland's news channel. the 3.5 million dollar project relies on a bond vote set for march 1st. as well

"just a fantastic fire department and they need room to expand," said sandy nibbelink, expansion supporter. built in 1973 the current station houses the trucks, gear, and maintenance on the equipment. the orange city fire chief says the expansion is all about the safety of the firefighters. "where we gear up is about three feet of the apparatus. when we respond to calls we have had some instances where some guys have bumped into have been had," said orange city fire chief dennis vanderwel. another safety concern...the lack of ventilation. it exposes the firefighters to high levels of contamination from diesel exhaust. "we want to put that gear in a special room that is in a ventilated room. so when the guys come back from a call and the stuff is dirty; the stuff can get to the laundry right away and get the contaminates off," said orange city fire chief dennis vanderwel. the fire department expansion would take the existing meeting room and move it south, to this empty lot behind me," said michelle schoening, siouxland's news channel. the 3.5 million dollar project relies on a bond vote se

need work to move, they need work to take care of the equipment and to get their gear on," said sandy nibbelink, expansion supporter. until then the fire chief says they will continue to work with what they have. >> if you live in orange city you don't have to wait till march 1st to vote. folks can head to the sioux and vote now. voting that day will take place at living waters church from 7 a-m to 8 p-m. for more information on the bond head over to our website ktiv-dot-com. back to you tommie. an orange city, iowa, manufacturer will have help from the state to complete a major expansion of its facility. the iowa economic development authority board approved tax benefits for vogel paint and wax company it's through the "high quality jobs" program. the amount of help the state will offer wasn't disclosed. vogel will invest nearly 30-million dollars in an 86-thousand square foot expansion of its powder coatings manufacturin g facility in orange city. the project is expected to create 49 jobs. after our little taste of spring on friday, the mild weather has not let up too terribly much. temperatu

. << "just a fantastic fire department and they need room to expand," said sandy nibbelink, expansion supporter. built in 1973 the current station houses the trucks, gear, and maintenance on the equipment. the orange city fire chief says the expansion is all about the safety of the firefighters. "where we gear up is about three feet of the apparatus. when we respond to calls we have had some instances where some guys have bumped into each other and some stitches have been had," said orange city fire chief dennis vanderwel. another safety concern...the lack of ventilation. it exposes the firefighters to high levels of contamination from diesel exhaust. "we want to put that gear in a special room that is in a ventilated room. so when the guys come back from a call and the stuff is dirty; the stuff can get to the laundry right away and get the contaminates off," said orange city fire chief dennis vanderwel. the fire department expansion would take the existing meeting room and move it south, to this empty lot behind me," said michelle schoening, siouxland's news channel. the 3.5 million