After nearly 10 months of construction, the Addison Township Fire Department has moved into their new headquarters.
The more that 12,000-square-foot station is located at 4026 Forest, right off Rochester Rd., in the Village of Leonard. The facility replaces the department’s original 1400-square-foot station built in Leonard in 1949.
The state of the art building will feature 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week staffing; and will house an Advanced Life Support ambulance, engine, tanker, off road brush unit and medium duty rescue truck.
A ribbon cutting ceremony with Addison Fire Department personnel, Leonard Village officials, Addison Township officials and local dignitaries is scheduled for Aug. 5 at 6:30 p.m. A formal dedication ceremony will take place during Fire Prevention Week at the department’s open house on Oct. 9 at 10 a.m., after the 8 a.m. all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast.