The City of Andover held a grand opening for its new fire station on Thursday.
The new station is located south of U.S. Highway 400, and South Andover Road and was paid for by a sales tax initiative over the last two years. It’s the second fire station in Andover.
“We broke ground on it in October 2022, so they’ve been working on this and building it for the last year,” Megan Schapaugh, public information officer for the city of Andover, said. “Firefighters started moving in a couple of months ago, but we are finally having our big grand opening.”
The grand opening was open to the public. Students from Prairie Creek Elementary School were able to tour the new fire station.
“They’ve been taking tours throughout the day today to see the new fire station,” Schapaugh said.
Having the second fire station will be an important piece for the City of Andover as it continues to grow.