Excerpts from the Journal-topics.com:
Elk Grove Village is ready to start work on two new fire stations. Demolition of the existing fire station at 676 Meacham Rd. is expected to begin Monday, Feb. 19. A new Fire Station No. 10 will be built at that site. Demolition of a building on recently purchased property at 700 Fargo Ave., a site which will serve as the new firehouse for firefighters from stations at Oakton and Lively and 1655 Greenleaf Ave., is expected in late February.
Both stations are expected to break ground in late March or early April and be completed in summer 2019. The Fargo station is expected to cost $12 million. The Meacham station is expected to cost $12 million.
Firefighters from the Meacham station will soon move into temporary trailers on the grounds of the newly renovated west side public works facility on Biesterfield Road. Firefighters at the Oakton and Greenleaf stations will remain at those houses until the new Fargo station is completed.
At the (Jan. 23 village board meeting, trustees awarded a contract for $1,008,500 for a new Pierce aerial ladder quint. The new truck would be stationed at the Fargo firehouse.
thanks Scott
#1 by Michael m on March 6, 2018 - 9:24 PM
The new station will house the Ambulance, the 2013 Quantum PUC the quint and the Haz Mat, Dive rescue and Technical rescue units.. unless they move one of those units to Station 10? Maybe they will move the 2000 tower to station 10.
#2 by Michael m on March 6, 2018 - 9:15 PM
My guess is the quint will replace the 2004 Quantum.
#3 by Frank on March 6, 2018 - 8:09 AM
Station 8 is going away because of the 1$ billion technology park construction project. 85 acres between East Higgins Road and Oakton St. EGVFD still needs all the companies they have in service.
#4 by Frank on March 6, 2018 - 8:00 AM
I do not believe any companies are going to close down, just a consolidation of two firehouses.
#5 by sebastian on March 6, 2018 - 6:09 AM
so is either engine 8 or engine 9 being disbanned?? or are they combining the two companies into an engine, ladder, ambo??
#6 by harry on March 5, 2018 - 9:21 PM
2 questions when the 2 new stations open is the old 8 going to be torn down or still used
also why are you buying another ladder didn’t u just get one a year or 2 ago