City of Oxford opens new fire station in Bynum
City leaders, many first responders and the volunteer's family showed up to the dedication and ribbon cutting for Station No. 3, which bears
"Fires have changed," assistant fire Chief
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"We're going to be able to get people on scene in five minutes, even in the furthest areas out here," Sparks said.
That's a dramatic improvement, the fire chief said, over the previous response time: between seven and 11 minutes, depending on where the call came from.
Besides quicker response times, residents could see a drop in homeowner's insurance premiums if the Insurance Service Office gives
Sparks said the city's
"We should be getting ours soon," he said.
Police chief
Having a police substation at the fire station will allow the officers who patrol
The substation will also serve as a place for officers to meet with members of the community, Partridge said.
The station's namesake,
Cox died a few years later, in 1995, as a result of that injury. He was 42.
Cox's widow, Myra, took to the podium and said she'd promised herself she wouldn't cry during the dedication.
As a new flag raised in front of the station flapped lethargically in a leaden sky Sunday afternoon, Cox said she appreciated the city honoring her husband's service to his community.
"Those of you who knew Dennis know he would not expect this fanfare," Cox told the audience, many of whom counted firefighters and other first responders as family members.
Her son, Nicholas, now a firefighter himself, agreed. "My dad would be humbled ... he wouldn't want the attention," he said.
"I don't like the attention either," he admitted. "I'm just doing a job that I love." Nicholas inherited his father's number, F23, when joined
Cox said the station's dedication to his father meant a lot to him. It meant a lot to members of the
"It's the difference between a kitchen fire and a house fire,"
"It's nice to have them as a neighbor," Ray said. He and his wife own a large farm across
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