Article posted: 3/9/2013 8:00 AM

Bartlett Fire District planning $2.4 million station renovation

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This is the north side of Bartlett Fire Protection District Station 2.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

This is a rendering of what Bartlett Fire Protection District Station 2, at 501 Struckman Road, will look like after renovations expand the office and living quarters by about 75 percent at a cost of about $2.3 million.

courtesy of the village of Bartlett

This is a rendering of what Bartlett Fire Protection District Station 2, at 501 Struckman Road, will look like after renovations expand the office and living quarters by about 75 percent at a cost of about $2.3 million.

courtesy of the village of Bartlett

This is the south side of Bartlett Fire Protection District Station 2.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

This is the northwest side of Bartlett Fire Protection District Station 2.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

This is the southwest side of Bartlett Fire Protection District Station 2.

Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer

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Work could begin as early as May on an estimated $2.4 million renovation to Bartlett's Fire Station 2. When the station opened in 1985 it was used by two or three first responders who were coming from home and not sleeping at the station. Now, it houses five to six full-time firefighters, along with a fire engine and an ambulance. "It was built for a different use," said Chief Michael Falese. "Every single room has some deficiencies."