An Atherton home next door to the Almendral Avenue fire station, purchased by the fire district for $4.6 million in June, should be managed as a rental, not as a crash pad for weary Menlo Park Fire Protection District employees, the district's board said on Tuesday (Aug. 15).
Chief Harold Schapelhouman had recommended in a report to the board that the district "clean up the home and allow Chief Officers, Fire Investigators and other appropriate safety personnel to use the three bedrooms in order to avoid long commutes to their primary residences."