The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire) announces the completion and opening of Fire Station 86 in Bay Point. The new station became operational on August 10, replacing the historic Fire Station 86, located one mile to the east, which had been in continuous use since 1949.
Strategically located adjacent to the Highway 4 interchange at Willow Pass Road, Fire Station 86 supports the unincorporated areas of Bay Point, nearby Pittsburg, and other communities along the busy Highway 4 corridor.
Disaster-Response command post
The three-bay station is purpose-built with versatility in mind, including the ability to house oversized equipment such as the District’s fire bulldozers. It is also built to modern earthquake standards to ensure its availability for facilitating disaster preparedness and response, including a potential location for a disaster-response command post.
The station was completed several months ahead of schedule at a total cost of $13 million. “Today culminates a years-long project to deliver a much-needed new Fire Station 86 to both our residents and our firefighters who serve them from it,” said Lewis Broschard, Fire Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.
Numerous new apparatus
The new Fire Station 86 joins the District’s complement of 30 operational fire stations
He adds, “Strategically located on the busy Highway 4 corridor and built with versatility and safety in mind, Fire Station 86 is uniquely suited to serving both groups.”
Lewis Broschard further said, “This and other new Con Fire stations recently opened in Oakley, soon to be reopened in Walnut Creek, and being planned for Brentwood, along with numerous new apparatus and facility improvement projects, are helping us deliver on our vision of continually improving the services we provide for the communities we serve.”
The new Fire Station 86 joins the District’s complement of 30 operational fire stations, spanning the county from Fire Station 70 in San Pablo to Fire Station 95 in Oakley.
Cancer prevention in mind
Soon, it will be joined by a 31st station, with the planned reopening of recession-closed Fire Station 4 in Walnut Creek later this month.
Designed with cancer prevention in mind, the station will include state-of-the-art gross decontamination showers, turnout extractors, and modern systems for the extraction of diesel exhaust particulates. A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Fire Station 86, with elected officials from the County making remarks and participating, was scheduled for today.
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