A Highland Park (IL) house that was once a fire station serving the now-decommissioned Fort Sheridan military base has sold for $1.2 million, reports ChicagoTribune.com.

The five-bedroom, 5,400-square-foot vintage brick house was built around 1893 and designed by the Holabird & Roche architectural firm. It was converted from a station to a single-family home after the military base closed in 1993, then it was completely renovated and expanded in 2004.

Public records did not identify the buyers.

Rosenbauer—Nashville (IL) Fire Protection District heavy rescue. Commander 6018 cab and chassis; Cummins X12 500-hp engine; Waterous CXK 750-gpm pump; Pro Poly 450-gallon polypropylene water tank; 21-foot walk-around rescue body; Will-Burt Night Scan NS 15 9000w 15-foot horizontal light tower; Smart Power 15-kW generator; Rosenbauer EXT heavy-duty body; staircase to coffin compartments. Dealer: Brian Franz, Sentinel Emergency Solutions, St. Louis, MO.

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Pasco County is breaking ground on a fire station that will be a 16,000 square foot facility including full living quarters and four bays for emergency equipment, reports Bay News 9.

The new fire station will provide quicker emergency response times and will be a hub for specialty fire services. The fire station will include a containment area where firefighters are able to rinse dangerous carcinogens off their bodies and equipment after calls, so those don’t get inside the living quarters.

Pasco Fire will construct four brand new fire stations with funds from Go For Pasco, and will also reconstruct five existing stations as well as its training facility.

Miami-Dade County has remodeled and reopened a fire station after serious mold problems, reports NBC Miami.

The fire department posted to Facebook, “Miami-Dade Fire Rescue cut the ribbon officially opening the new Station 29 in the City of Sweetwater. Fire Chief Alan Cominsky was joined by Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine-Cava, Commissioners Jose “Pepe” Diaz and Oliver Gilbert and Sweetwater Mayor Orlando Lopez for the occasion proclaiming the two-story, 11,248 square-foot firehouse open for business. The Cuban American Veterans Association presented Station 29 with two flags, one of which was raised for the opening by Firefighters Jorge Gonzalez and Michael Ellis, both military veterans. Ladder 29, Rescue 29 and Battalion 12 will respond from the new firehouse with a total of eight uniformed personnel, 24/7. Station 29 is dedicated to the memory of retired Firefighter Juan Torga.”