Woodside firefighters in Emerald Hills are going to have a bigger, better fire station soon. With a target completion date of September 15, Woodside Fire Protection District’s new station 19 at the corner of Wilmington Way and Jefferson Avenue will replace the much smaller station on California Way.
Besides giving the station’s female firefighters some privacy with separate bedrooms and bathrooms, it provides a community meeting room, something that is sorely needed, said Chief Mike Fuge.
The district’s fire marshal, fire prevention unit and CERPP training (disaster training for residents) will relocate to the Emerald Hills station, he said, solving a space-crunch in the main Woodside Road station.
The station project was seven years in the making, in part because the property was tied up in an eminent-domain lawsuit over its value. Once ground was finally broken, construction was delayed by this year’s lengthy rainy season. Chief Fuge said he’s promised to attend the celebration when the station is finally completed.
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