The Huntley Fire Protection District’s fifth fire station on the southeast corner of Jim Dhamer Drive and Hennig Road is expected to be operational by April 13, deputy fire chief Al Schlick said.
Schlick said the district had planned a grand opening event the same day but, because of the growing threat of the coronavirus, public entry will be postponed to a later date.
Data from a station location study requested by the district a couple years ago indicated that an additional fire station south of Sun City would have taken on about 600 of the about 5,000 calls from 2017.
Huntley Fire Chief Scott Ravagnie had said three firefighters would staff the station 24 hours a day. There are no plans to hire any new crew members but the district still would have enough staff to effectively operate all stations, he added.