The flash floods late Friday and early Saturday caused damage to a Bloomington Police Dept. building and a fire station, the city reported Wednesday.
In separate statements, the city said normal operations were mostly continuing at the police building on Third Street but a nearby fire station was offline.
A statement said that “flooding that filled the entire basement and part of the first floor degraded the (fire) building’s communication system and electrical system, including controls for the back-up generator for the facility, making the structure uninhabitable.”
It said the fire station building would not be habitable “for some time,” and that operations would be transferred to other fire stations and office space.
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“We will continue to provide the residents of Bloomington with exceptional fire fighting despite this setback,” chief Jason Moore said. “Our firefighters are doing what they do best -- sticking together and working through difficult situations to keep our city safe.”
The statement said it was unclear when the station would reopen but that no significant delays or reduction of services were expected.
Bloomington mayor John Hamilton said the first responders’ dedication was “something of which every resident of this city can be proud.”
He also praised the police, whose building on Third Street also sustained damage. The city reported the floods caused damage to computer and electronic equipment.
Police chief Mike Diekhoff said the damage “could have been much worse” had staff and others not responded as quickly as they did.
