Volunteer Emergency Medical Services will receive $3.6 million and Volunteer and Career Fire Companies will receive a total of $26.4 million in funding.

Because the site is along a scenic corridor, a second formal review by the ASRB is necessary, as is a review by the Planning Commission. Initial plans for the station, which is located on a one-acre lot, included a basement and a second story, but to keep costs down, those extra floors were eliminated, Chief Ghiorso said. The proposed plan is less intrusive in that it's one story and resembles a residence, making it more suitable for a residential community, he said.

Its size will be 9,100 square feet and include two bays, eight bunks, dining room, kitchen, dayroom, lobby, locker room, multipurpose room and exterior patio.

The idea came about through Ignacio “Nacho” Hernandez, who is a local mechanic. He is originally from Zacapu, and although Hernandez lives in Fontana, he frequently travels to Zacapu, where he serves as a volunteer fireman.

Hernandez asked his friend John Roberts, who is on the Fontana City Council and is the former fire chief, to assist in obtaining the donation of an old fire truck.