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NORTHVILLE
NORTHVILLE

Northville Township Fire Department adds 7 members

The Northville Township Fire fall of 2023. It will be built with-
Department welcomed the out any new taxes, officials
largest class of firefighter stressed.
recruits in a decade last week. These hirings will allow for
Seven firefighters/paramedics this second fire station to be
took the oath of office, creating a staffed fully.
37-member department. “This is an exciting day for
The firefighters were sworn in Northville Township,” said
by Northville Township Clerk Northville Township Supervisor
Roger Lundberg in a township Mark J. Abbo. “Today we took a
hall ceremony in front of friends step toward a safer community
and family. Each firefighter is while focusing on further
also a paramedic. improving service delivery to our
Public service officials said residents. We welcome all of our
that rising population rates in the new first responders.”
township have reached nearly Each recruit is an experi-
32,000 which impacts requests enced firefighter, hailing from
for service. This hiring, they said, the following community fire
matches staffing with current departments: Ferndale, Garden
incident volume. City, Westland, Canton Township
Fire calls for service have and Wayne. Northville Township Hall had a full house last week as the fire department welcomed seven firefighters to
increased by nearly 49 percent The fire team organized a hir- the organization. New Northville firefighters include, from left, Francis Dreslinski, Peter Michalak,
since 2012 as township popula- ing open house on their own to Mackenzie Slowik, Kevin Pietrasinski, Thomas Wilson, Zachary Sprys-Tellner and Kody Gazdag.
tion has grown. In 2021, the invite possible candidates to
Northville Township Fire determine if they had any inter- ice.” Mackenzie Slowik, Allen Park Support and prides itself on car-
Department responded to more est in joining the township Northville Township Fire (formerly Westland Fire diac arrest survival rates, which
than 3,100 incidents, they noted. department. Department personnel average Department); Zachary Sprys- are three times greater than else-
The hiring also helps “Currently, the fire industry is more than 6,000 hours of training Tellner, Brighton (formerly where in the state and nation.
Northville Township prepare for undergoing a shortage of fire- annually because of the large Canton Fire Department) and The Northville Township Fire
the future, officials said, as they fighters, so to get 13 people to scope of services the department Tom Wilson, White Lake (former- Department is also is a member
expect to break ground on an show up for the open house and provides, officials said. ly Westland Fire Department). of the Western Wayne County
essential services complex on 34 to apply for the positions Joining the township fire Northville Township Fire Fire Department Mutual Aid
the Seven Mile Road property of translated to a success,” noted department are: Frank Department is an all-hazard Association, the Western Wayne
Legacy Park. Northville Township Fire Chief Dreslinski, Milford Township emergency response department County Hazardous Materials
The new complex will include Brent Siegel. (formerly Ferndale Fire which handles fire suppression, Response Team and the West
a second fire station, a new “We are confident that Department); Kody Gazdag, emergency medical service Wayne County Urban Search and
Public Safety Headquarters, a Northville Township is in good Whitmore Lake (formerly (EMS) and rescues including Rescue Team.
new headquarters for Public hands,” said Siegel. “Since our Garden City Fire Department); motor vehicle accidents, open “We appreciate all of the sup-
Works and some storage for first meeting, it was clear that Peter Michalak, Brighton (for- water and ice rescues, hostile port our community gives to our
Parks and Recreation. This each person we hired was a merly Ferndale Fire Department incidents (i.e. active shooter), fire team,” Siegel said. “When
multi-year project is in the early skilled professional who and recently promoted to ser- technical rescue (high-angle, col- you see us out and about, we
stages of design and planning embraced our emphasis on train- geant); Kevin Pietrasinski, lapse, trench, rope, etc.) and haz- hope you will say hello welcome
with an anticipated ground- ing and preparation while pro- Livonia (formerly Wayne Fire ardous materials mitigation. the seven new faces with open
breaking in late summer/early viding exceptional public serv- Department); It provides Advanced Life arms.”
Firms hired to design permanent downtown street areas

The firm of Grissim, Metz, and specifications of the bid. Five ” scope of work will evaluate
Andriese has been awarded a design firms responded to the pedestrian safety improvements
contract to plan a conversion of Request For Proposal (RFP) and Councilmembers also agreed to be made within a 1,200-foot
the closed sections of North those bids were reviewed by radius of Center and Main and
Center Street and Main Street members of the DDA Economic to extend the special event application conduct a neighborhood traffic
into a permanent pedestrian Development Committee, along for street closures from management plan for the non-
environment. with city DPW Director Mike arterial roads between Seven
The $47,700 cost will be split Domine. Nov. 7 until March 15. Mile and Eight Mile and between
between the Downtown The selection of Grissim, Metz Rogers and S. Main/Northville
Development Authority (DDA) and Andriese was approved by Road.
and the city. Each will pay members of the city council dur- develop the plan. streets of downtown Northville in The traffic report will be inte-
$23,850 for the development ing a meeting earlier this month. Councilmembers also recently the area of Center and Main. grated with the design work of
plan. The plan, assigned to the Councilmembers also agreed to approved a $59,800 contract with The closed bid process to Grissim Metz Andriese to create
DDA, must support local busi- extend the special event applica- Fleis and Vandenbrink to study study traffic flow drew proposals plans for a pedestrian environ-
nesses and foster community tion for street closures from Nov. traffic patterns and pedestrian from four firms, with prices rang- ment on the closed sections of
engagement, according to the 7 until March 15 to allow time to safety in and around the closed ing from $45,000 to $85,000. The Main Street and N. Center.
Board OK’s 2 new ambulances Couple killed in crash

Officials from the Northville ambulances. obtaining grant funding to off-
Township Fire Department Northville Township is sav- set expenditures, which are A Northville Township remove the victims who were
have ordered two new ambu- ing an additional $90,000 on necessary to provide an excep- couple was killed Saturday beyond life saving measures,
lances to replace two aging both of the new ambulances by tional level of service to the when the vehicle in which according to police reports.
vehicles with more than 120,000 reinstalling the existing Stryker community, officials said. they were riding left the road- Omar Salamen, 46, and his
miles on each of them. Because Power Cots that were previous- Seeking alternate funding way and struck a tree in the wife, Manal Kadry, 40, were
of the specialized equipment ly purchased using funds from sources is a vital component to Steeplechase subdivision. both pronounced dead at the
involved, the new models will another grant, also secured by being good stewards of taxpay- Police officers were called scene.
take two years to build, officials Wiggins. er money and grants are a ben- to the scene on Bayberry Way Police said the investiga-
said, and the township expects The grant funding will allow eficial funding source, they near the intersection of Seven tion into the crash is ongoing
them to arrive next summer. Northville Township to pur- added. Mile and Napier roads at but it appears the driver was
Firefighter/Paramedic chase the two ambulances for Wiggins, who celebrated his 12:17 a.m. Nov. 12 following a attempting to navigate a curve
Christopher Wiggins won a $386,000 thanks to Wiggins' fifth-year work anniversary report of a rollover accident. in the roadway and lost con-
$250,000 FEMA grant for grant writing skills, a 47 percent with Northville Township this Northville Township Fire trol of the vehicle which then
Northville Township Fire savings. year, has won more than $10 Department personnel uti- left the road, struck a tree and
Department, covering about 80 Northville Township recog- million in grant funding for the lized extrication equipment to rolled over.
percent of the cost of one of the nizes the tremendous value of region fire service.

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