The 15,561-square-foot public safety and emergency response facility will feature offices and living quarters for the city’s fire department. The facility will be a single-story structure with an attached two-story apparatus bay.  

The new station, designed by Redstone Architects of Bloomfield Hills, will be under the construction management of Auch Construction of Pontiac.

″(The station) has been designed to get first responders to their apparatus and on to their response route as quickly as possible in a faster and safer way,” the city said in a news release. “The new, improved building will serve more staff, utilize more equipment and respond to emergencies more efficiently.”

Burbank Fire Department received $125,000 to help pay for Source Capture Exhaust Systems for both of the city’s fire stations. These systems capture vehicle exhaust and ensure that the firefighters are breathing the cleanest air possible while in the station.  

The grant program, through the Department of Homeland Security, provides federal funds to fire departments and emergency medical service organizations to improve the response capabilities for first responders and the safety of communities, according to Lipinski, a Democrat, of Western Springs, who recently announced the grant award in a news release.

Lockport Fire Chief Paul Hertzmann said the district’s current units are 15 years old and at the end of their service life.