The Village of Glenview is going ahead with plans to further develop the downtown area along Glenview Road which includes the property houses Glenview Fire Department Headquarters Station 6.
Glenview Fire Department headquarters Fire Station 6. Larry Shapiro photo
The fire department will relocate to a temporary station on the vacant park district property further west on Glenview Road at Roosevelt Avenue. Fire department administration will share space within the Glenview Police Station until the new fire station is built on the site of the old police station on Waukegan Road.
Possible temporary structure to house fire apparatus. Clear Span Fabric Structures photo
The temporary Station 6 will consist of a double-wide trailer and a temporary salt dome structure for Engine 6. Ambulance 6 and Battalion 6 will relocate to Station 14.
The Trib-Local has a recent article discussing concerns about the temporary station from local residents.
When residents living near a site picked by the Glenview Fire Department for a temporary fire station wondered recently why they had to endure the new noise, lights and traffic, they were told it was a matter of response times.
Fire Chief Wayne Globerger said at a public hearing that a search of the town found the only available area of the right size was in the residential neighborhood at the intersection of Glenview Road and Roosevelt Avenue. The location is needed for about 18 months because new development is forcing the department out of its current location at 1815 Glenview Road and a station must be built on the permanent site at 1215 Waukegan Ave. Construction may not begin until fall.
Consolidation of stations was possible, he said, but would have added four to six minutes to response times for certain areas of the village.
“While not every call is critical,” Globerger said, “for those calls that are critical, minutes do count.” He estimated the station would get an average of two calls per night.
Trustees were expected to vote on the temporary location this week. Plans call for erection of two temporary buildings to house three employees and one fire truck. Firefighters must make way by April 30 for a four-story development along Glenview Road between Pine and Church streets.
The complete article is HERE which includes residents worrying about the lights and sirens disturbing them at night.
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#1 by Bill Post on April 8, 2013 - 4:42 PM
I know that the Village of Glenview had been holding hearings regarding the property that Fire Station 6 is located on. If you notice the fire station is a nice roomy building and is in a very good location at present. In fact the current location is just about perfect and it is ideally situated in terms of distance to the other fire stations in Glenview as well as for covering the central and the southern part of town. The new proposed permanent location of the fire station is located on Waukegan Road just south of East Lake avenue (on the site of the former police station). That location while being about a half mile south of Glenview road where the current station is not as good as the present location as the new location is practically on top of new fire station 13 which is not much more then a mile east of the where the new fire station is going to be built.
#2 by Bob on April 8, 2013 - 1:37 PM
I finally saw the new ambulance 6 at a nighttime call. Very sharp!!
#3 by Rob on April 8, 2013 - 1:17 PM
The Village has been talking about this for years. It should not be a surprise to the residents in that area.
#4 by Martin Nowak on April 8, 2013 - 11:34 AM
People complain too much.