New emergency services building dedicated in Kill Devil Hills: Beautiful, functional, spacious
A new emergency services facility in Kill Devil Hills was opened Monday, Aug. 5, 2024.
It’s a state-of-the-art facility for Dare Emergency Medical Services Administration and Station 1 and the Kill Devil Hills Fire Department Station 14.
“Beautiful” was used to describe the exterior and interior of the building.
A crowd filled the Emergency Medical Services bay that will hold three ambulances, other vehicles, and a medical response trailer. Most of the 200 chairs were filled and around 70 more people stood in the back for the speeches.
This is a partnership project with Dare County and the Town of Kill Devil Hills working together to build the outstanding facility. “What a great partnership it was,” said Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman Robert L. Woodard.
The facility replaces outdated, over-crowded, functionally obsolete buildings five decades old.
Kill Devil Hills Mayor John Windley called the ribbon-cutting “a monumental moment for the town.” He called attention to the spacious living quarters in the fire station and new equipment. A training room is ready, as is an exercise room. Two rooms are fitted with bunk beds. Eight rooms are single occupancy. No waking up to a snoring partner!
The fire station is dedicated to William E. “Bill” Gard, who served the town for 30 years. He joined as a volunteer firefighter in 1964 and became the volunteer fire chief. In 1986, he became the town’s first paid fire chief. He retired in 1994. The new fire station was dedicated on what would have been Gard’s 93rd birthday, Aug. 5.
Gard’s daughter Susan Gard Nelson was the event’s last speaker. She said “His love of the fire department certainly involved the rush of the emergency, the excitement of the challenge; but, to Dad the importance of knowledge, skill, and safety became integral to the job. Once he became the fire chief of the department (volunteer at that time) he never left the town commissioners alone. He wanted the best equipment and the newest trainings for himself and his firefighters.”
Also speaking at the ceremony were Jennie Collins, Dare County Emergency Medical Services director, and Kill Devil Hills Fire Chief Troy Tilley.
At the start of the program, Cherri Wheeler, chaplain for Dare Emergency Medical Services, dedicated the building to the service of the community. “Now bless this building and those who serve from it.”
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