Grand Opening on March 19 for N.C. Fire’s new Bonsall station

BONSALL – A new fire station is ready to serve the public in Bonsall and the southern neighborhoods of Fallbrook. The public is invited to attend the Grand Opening and dedication of Bonsall Fire Station #5, located at 5906 Olive Hill Rd., at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 19. The site is next to the AM/PM gas station at SR76 and Olive Hill Rd. This replaces the original station that was located at 31403 Old River Road.

The new station is designed to ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) requirements and is considered an “Essential Services Facility,” in accordance with the California Essential Services Building Seismic Safety Act of 1986. Station #5 is the first new station built in nearly 40 years by North County Fire.

Fire Station #5 is a new single-company, single-story building with three apparatus bays containing 8,900 square feet on a lot of 0.67 acres. The new station is equipped with an emergency generator, a fuel tank, an automated rolling gate, and drive through access for the fire equipment.

The new station provides all risk emergency services, advanced medical life support (ALS) care and fire suppression capabilities both for brush and structural firefighting with a crew of three personnel. It replaces the old fire station which was a double wide mobile home.

The old station was placed in Bonsall in 1982 as a temporary station to serve the residents of Bonsall, until a permanent location could be secured. The old station was approximately 1,300 square feet in size.