Milwaukee FD reopening 1 station

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Fire Department Reopening Station At 13th and Layton

Chief Lipski picks Engine 17, shuttered in 2021, to reopen.

By Jeramey Jannene - Oct 15th, 2023 03:29 pm
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Shuttered Engine 17 Fire Station. Photo by Jeramey Jannene.

Milwaukee will have a new fire station in 2024.

Fire Chief Aaron Lipski announced late Friday afternoon that he
intends to reopen Engine 17 at 4653 S. 13th St. The announcement comes
as the city debates its 2024 budget.

Under the proposed city budget, the budget for the Milwaukee Fire
Department (MFD), would increase by $14.4 million to $146 million, an
11% increase. The daily staffing level in the department would
increase from 192 to 198.

"Chief Aaron Lipski wishes to extend his sincere gratitude to Mayor
Cavalier Johnson, Common Council President José G. Pérez, and Finance
and Personnel Chairwoman Marina Dimitrijevic for navigating the
difficult financial waters from which the City of Milwaukee will now
hopefully begin to emerge," said the fire department in a statement.

In addition, an advanced life support medical unit, the city's 13th,
will be added at Fire Station 36, 4060 N. 27th St. "It will augment
Paramedic Unit 5 in responding to the busiest response areas in the
City of Milwaukee and the State of Wisconsin," said a statement by the
MFD.

During the department's budget hearing on Oct. 11, Lipski said he was
considering three different engines to be reactivated. The
now-selected S. 13th Street and W. Layton Avenue firehouse (shuttered
in 2021) was under consideration as well as Engine 6 (1693 N. Franklin
Pl., closed 2017) and Engine 31 (2400 S. 8th St., closed 2018). Seven
stations were closed in as many years as the city saw its costs
continue to rise and revenue stagnate.