The Butte County Board of Supervisors is set to vote on an estimated $12 million project to replace the 65-year-old Fire Station 41 in Chico. The station, located off Highway 99, is one of the most active in the department, supporting wildfire suppression and responding to deadly collisions.
Fire Chief Garrett Sjolund emphasized the need for a new facility, stating, “The fire station is old. It doesn’t meet our needs for housing our firefighters. We have a number of construction issues that are wrong with the station.”
The project would be primarily funded through the Measure H Public Safety Capital Reserve Fund. Michael Hodson, Director of General Services for Butte County, noted, “Measure H has provided their ability to solve some of these problems much more holistically than just continuing to patch, which we’ve done in the past.”
