North County Fire Protection District to close Station 3

The North County Fire Protection District will be closing Station 3 in the Olive Hill area.

During the Feb. 27 NCFPD board meeting, the board heard a presentation on a study about closing Station 3 and voted 5-0 to declare the property at 4157 Olive Hill Road to be surplus to the district’s needs.

“The board voted to declare surplus property and move ahead with sale,” NCFPD fire chief Steve Abbott said.

NCFPD Station 5 has been located at 5906 Olive Hill Road since 2015. Station 5 was previously on Old River Road, and when the fire district selected the site for the replacement fire station on...