County accepts insulation for station from ROCKWOOL

Medic Station #4 that will house ambulance and fire engines and emergency medical technicians as well as sheriff’s deputies, is in an advanced stage of completion. The station is located at 8501 Highway 4 West beside to the Chulahoma Community Center and Educational Center.

The county workforce led by Randy Mercer is in charge of the building which was just insulated with material made in Marshall County at the Chickasaw Trail Industrial Park.

ROCKWOOL donated insulation for this structure and for the courthouse, a value estimated by Mercer to be in the $20,000 range.

“That insulation is what we are proud of,” Mercer said. “All we had to do is pick it up,” he said.

The framing, air conditioning and concrete work for the new medic station were subcontracted out, Mercer said. The rest of the construction is being done with county employees.

The two-story structure will house Lifeguard medics and on the ground floor and a 12-foot by 12-foot room will serve as an office for Marshall County Sheriff’s deputies.

A two bay room on the bottom floor will house ambulance and fire engines.

The downstairs is 1,500 square feet and the upper floor has the same area that eventually will be finished when the county gets a fire station crew put together.

Downstairs the medic housing includes two bedrooms, two and a half baths and a kitchen.

Acoustical catches or panels, donated by ROCKWOOL, will be installed in the upstairs courtroom at the courthouse to stop echo and air conditioner fan noise, said chancery clerk Chuck Thomas.

Improving the acoustics in the courtroom will make it possible for judges, jury, and attorneys to hear courtroom proceedings while the heat and air system is running.

“The county approached ROCKWOOL and they were willing to give it to us,” he said. “They are community-minded and wanted to help build the ambulance station.”

Other ongoing projects undertaken by county crews include the construction of a drainage system behind the jails that will carry water to drainage ditches, remodeling of the Medicaid building on J.M. Ash Drive to be used for county offices, and the construction of Medic Station #1 on a 13-acre parcel behind the jails.

Marshall County closed on the Medicaid building Oct. 26, according to chancery clerk Chuck Thomas.

Mercer said vinyl siding is installed on the exterior surfaces at the Chulahoma center facilities to reduce painting and replacing of surfaces to save on maintenance over future years of use.

Security locks have been placed on all community centers and a new septic tank is being installed at the Victoria Community Center.