The community is invited to celebrate the reopening of Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Fire Station 87 on Saturday.
The event is scheduled for 10:00 am on Saturday, January 7 at 800 W Leland Road in Pittsburg.
Chief Jeff Carmen announced in October the Station would open in January saying that it took two stations, one in Bay Point and one in Pittsburg, to answer the calls that normally would have been served by Station 87.
Station 87 opened in 2000, serving the western end of Pittsburg and portions of Bay Point until the fire district’s finances forced its closure on July 8, 2013. The station closure, one of multiple stations that were shut down, were necessary because the district, which had failed to secure voter approval of a parcel tax in 2012 to address its budget woes.
According to the October press release, in the years since the station closed, the ConFire has made several cost-saving changes, including partnering with a private contractor for ambulance service and seeking new revenue to support its operations. The economic recovery has also helped.
