At the beginning of May, Palatine closed Station 81 at 455 W. Dundee Road and moved into the new Station 81 at 1215 N. Quentin Road. According to the Palatine website:
Construction is nearly complete on this new fire station on the corner of Quentin Road and Echo Lane. It replaces Station 81’s old facility on Dundee Rd. with one better located to serve our residents in the northwestern section of Palatine, as well as one that can more efficiently fill the needs of 21st century fire / rescue operations. We moved into this station and began to run calls from this location on May 2, 2011.
Station 81 is staffed by three members; typically a Lieutenant and two firefighter / paramedics. They staff either the quint or the ambulance, depending on the nature of the call. Any support apparatus then respond from other stations. In addition to Quint and Ambulance 81, this station houses our Reserve Squad and our Reserve Command vehicle.
Previous posts during the new station construction can be found HERE and HERE.
#1 by Scott Peterson on June 21, 2011 - 9:53 AM
Further info on the old station, before Palatine Rural existed as their own dept, the old station was built by the District, and Palatine FD ran out of it as “their” station with their equipment until Rural started their own dept. Initially it went back to Rural and they ran two stations, 35 & 36. Over time because of budget constraints, Rural had to elmintate their second station and this was sold back to the City of Palatine.
#2 by Bill Friedrich on June 20, 2011 - 3:44 PM
Just an FYI, the station on Dundee Rd was a former Palatine Rural station prior to being taken over by the Palatine FD.