There are a new fire station and library in Corona del Mar.
City officials on Saturday held a ribbon cutting with public tours of the new facilities, which share a building on Marigold Avenue. About 300 people attended the event, including city and library officials and fire department staff.
The modern, 10,314-square-foot facility replaces two buildings which housed the old Fire Station No. 5 and the community’s library branch – each more than 60 years old. Construction on the $8.3 million project began in April 2018.
The joint facility will make it easier for both fire and library officials to do their job, officials said.
“The new fire station is better equipped to handle modern firefighting apparatus, updated communication systems and meets current workplace standards for both male and female firefighters,” said Jeff Boyles, the city’s new fire chief. “Not only is it new and fits into the Corona del Mar neighborhood, but it meets the new building codes providing a much safer facility for our firefighters to operate out of 24-hours-a-day, 365 days a year.”
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