Saturday, April 22, 2023

 Open House & Grand Opening of new fire station planned Saturday, April 29

The public is invited to the Open House & Grand Opening of the new Fowlerville Fire Station 41 this Saturday, April 29, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony will take place at 1 p.m., opening with a prayer and followed by local country music artist Kari Holmes singing of the National Anthem and remarks by Fire Chief Bob Feig and members of the Fire Board—Bill Grubb of Conway Township, Ed Alverson of Handy Township, Amanda Bonnville of Iosco Township, and Kathryn Heath of the Village of Fowlerville.

The firefighters moved into their new facility—located at 9110 W. Grand River, west of the Village—in mid-March. Since then the final touches of the construction project have been taking place, including landscaping the exterior grounds this past week. Department members also finished moving out of the former station. That building will be used as a satellite station by the Livingston County Emergency Medical Services (EMS).

Work began last spring on the 5.6-acre site shortly after the ceremonial ground breaking took place in April 2022. The 17,961 square-foot station features five drive-thru bays, five offices, a large training room and a small conference room, along with a kitchen, restrooms with showers, and storage rooms.

In anticipation that the station will eventually be staffed around-the-clock, the building will also have two sleeping quarters and a small day room.

Total cost of the project was around $5.6 million.

The new station replaces the fire hall on North Grand Avenue that was built 42 years ago. The department also has a second, smaller station on South Fowlerville Road.

Feig noted that the new station is the culmination of a decade of effort. “In 2013 we looked at the fesibility of expanding the old station, with our having outgrown it,” he said. “When that didn’t seem practical, we began looking at possible sites both inside the Village and on its outskirts. For one reason or the other, nothing worked until we were able to purchase this property from the Fowlerville United Brethren Church.”

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