Grayslake Fire Commissioner Greg Koeppen tells us that construction for Station #3 on Peterson Road has begun. He submitted photos of the site as of October , 2011.
Construction has begun for Station #3 at 22405 Peterson Road in Grayslake. Greg Koeppen photo
Another view of the construction site. Greg Koeppen photo
Foundation for Grayslake Station #3. Greg Koeppen photo
The Joliet Fire Department is in the construction phase of a new station for Station 3.
Joliet Fire Station 3 at 319 Grove Road will be replaced when the new building is completed. Karl Klotz photo
The $1.6 million station — $1.1 million of which is from a federal grant – broke ground this winter on Laraway Road. When completed, it will replace the station at 319 Grove St.
The article is written around the fact that there are no women currently on the job in Joliet and that the new station will be one of three in the city with separate facilities to accommodate women on the job,
Rendering of the new station being built in Joliet for Station 3.
Joliet’s new Fire Station No. 3 will have something that the current station does not – separate locker room and bathrooms for women.
Joliet has never had any female firefighters, but Fire Chief Joe Formhals said that streak is not likely to last long.
“We’re going to get a woman on, it’s just a matter of when,” Formhals said. “You have to anticipate that. I don’t think we’re going to get 50 women all at once, but it will add a new dimension.”
Currently, about 200 people are on Joliet’s eligibility list and only four or five are women, Formhals said. When there is an opening, the department starts with candidates at the top of the list.
Formhals said the city hasn’t updated its eligibility list in years due to a virtual hiring freeze, but he hopes to create a new eligibility list and budget for new hires in 2012. More woman firefighter candidates could be picked up by requiring a paramedic certificate, Formhals said, adding the number of women in paramedic training programs are steadily increasing.
The complete article can be found HERE.
Thanks to Dennis McGuire, Jr. for spotting the article.
Dan McInerney visited the construction site this week for Engine 109’s new house and submitted several images documenting the progress.
A view of the north side showing the front of the station and the apparatus bays. All of the interior work in the bays is complete. Piping, electrical drops and Plymovent are all installed and ready to go. Dan McInerney photo
A shot showing the rear of the apparatus bays and the hose tower. Dan McInerney photo
The parking lot on the north side of the station is being constructed with concrete pavers. Dan McInerney photo
Closeup of the concrete paver installation. Dan McInerney photo
The front entrance area will have quite a bit of glass. Dan McInerney photo
The stairwell on the backside of the hose tower. Dan McInerney photo
Previous posts with photos and information on the new station construction can be found HERE, HERE, and HERE.
This is an example of an older listing which can be found on the Public Building Commission of Chicago website.
Hank Sajovic passed along another link to the Public Building Commission of Chicago that outlines fire station projects going back to the 1970s. For those interested in some facts and dates on several houses in the city, follow the link HERE.
Some of the listings found on the Public Building Commission of Chicago website include photos for the older buidlings.
Nov 19
Construction is well underway on the new Palatine Fire Department Station 81 at 1215 N. Quentin Road, south of Dundee Road. The station is less than a mile from the current, outdated station which Palatine inherited from the Palatine Rural Fire District in January of 2001. When the fire department occupies the new facility, the Palatine Masonic Temple will move into the vacant fire station at 455 Dundee Road that was built in the early 1980s.
The new station 81 will be set back from the road with a fairly long driveway unlike the current facility. In addition, apparatus will enter onto a four-lane road with a center median. This will allow them easier and safer access to the roadway than they have now on the narrow stretch of Dundee Road which is heavily travelled and gets backed up daily. Larry Shapiro photo
The new fire station will have roughly 8,700 square feet of space and will be home to Quint 81 and Ambulance 81 which is currently a jump company. Larry Shapiro photo
This is the current Station 81 in Palatine that used to belong to the Palatine Rural Fire District. Larry Shapiro photo
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