The North Greenbush Fire District opens a new Defreestville Fire Station, which has been 20 years in the making. The station is about a mile north from its original home on North Greenbush Road. It cost $6.9 million which was $500,000 under budget.
The 20,000 square foot fire station will allow the fire district to move its offices from the Wynantskill Fire Department to Defreestville.
"We're able to merge and become one fire district which not only reduced the tax burden on the residents in the town but also really opened up additional property sites that the Dreefeestivlle Fire Department could really look at. 20 years ago, the location we're standing in was not part of Defreestville Fire Department," said Daniel Garab, North Greenbush Fire Commissioners chair.