The Danbury City Council has again accepted a donation of a new ambulance building in the City.  Technically the Council accepted the donation and approved the lease in October, but there were a few modifications needed. 

At their meeting earlier this month, the Council approved an updated 99-year lease, specifying the value of the donation.  The acceptance now notes that it cost $150,000 to build and contains $3,000 worth of content.  The City will get use of a new public safety building on the Westside, for a dollar a year.  The Rizzo Corporation offered the City the opportunity to permanently locate an ambulance at Keystone Place on Wooster Heights Road, a new senior living community. 

City officials estimate that it would have cost Danbury $500,000 to build the facility itself.  

Emergency Management Director Matt Cassavechia said in October that this will help provide rapid access to I-84 and Route 7, decrease response times to medical emergencies, and provide additional space for personnel and equipment.  Cassavechia says EMS westside deployment currently lacks a base station to house equipment and personnel often leading to excessive idling of vehicles and limited access of staff accommodations over extended periods throughout the shift. 

Keystone Place has 55 independent living, 63 assisted living and 22 memory care apartments.