db:forum.pr           97-182                 Contact: Scott Gutschick, 301-217-3696
    
    FIRE/RESCUE  COMMISSION HOSTS FORUM
    ON SILVER SPRING/TAKOMA PARK FIRE SERVICES   For Immediate Release: June 10, 1997
    
    
         On June 24,  the Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Commission will host a public forum to
    discuss fire and rescue services currently provided from Silver Spring Fire Station 1 (presently located at
    8131 Georgia Avenue), Silver Spring Fire Station 19 (presently located at 1945 Seminary Road), and
    Takoma Park Fire Station 2 (located at 7201 Carroll Avenue).  The forum will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the
    Blair High School Auditorium, 313 Wayne Avenue, Silver Spring.  The public is encouraged to attend.
         The forum will feature a presentation to the Fire and Rescue Commission of findings and
    recommendations by the Ad Hoc Fire Service Task Force of the Silver Spring Redevelopment Steering
    Committee -- which is composed of Silver Spring residents and business owners and was established by
    County Executive Douglas M. Duncan in response to public concern following a forum held last December.  
    The forum will also provide other groups and individuals with the opportunity to comment.    
         The public forum last December focused on the recommendation of the Silver Spring/Takoma Park
    Fire-Rescue Work Group to replace or expand Station 2 at or near its present site in Takoma Park and to
    combine stations 1 and 19 into a single new facility on Spring Street.   The Work Group consisted of
    representatives of the County, Fire/Rescue Services, Takoma Park City government, Maryland-National
    Capital Park and Planning Commission, and Silver Spring Regional Advisory Board.   The proposed station
    would operate an engine, aerial unit, paramedic unit  and ambulance.
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    FIRE COMMISSION HOSTS FORUM                            2-2-2-2
    
    
    
         The Fire and Rescue Commission will consider the reports of both the Ad Hoc Fire Service Task
    Force and the Silver Spring/Takoma Park Fire-Rescue Work Group before forwarding the commission's
    recommendation to the County Executive.
           For more information or to register to speak at the June 24 forum, call the Fire and Rescue
    Commission at 301-217-2461.
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