The Portage la Prairie fire hall's upgrade is almost finished.

The new addition's on its way to completion and Fire Chief Phil Carpenter outlines what's happening.

"They're in the final process of the mechanical component of the addition to the hall here. This is where we're going to put the aerial truck, our engine 1 tanker truck, and the tech rescue trailer mini pumper is where we anticipate putting the equipment here. They also have to pour some cement pads out front of the hall, and redo the asphalt," he says.

Another part of the upgrade is their new training room.

"We've never had a training room in the fire hall. This is where we'll do all the training for our staff, and city staff."

He adds they're excited to finally have everything complete.