By the end of the year, the Adam Weisenberger Memorial Fire Station should be in operation on Stribling Road.
In the planning stages for several years but delayed by snags over landing a location, the station becomes the second one operated by the South Madison Fire Protection District and should mean a drop in insurance rates for homeowners in the district.
"I can't wait to see a brand new truck sitting in that brand new station," said Bill Weisenberger, head of the fire district board and the father of Adam.
Adam Weisenberger, 19, was killed when he was tending to victims of a wreck on I-55 in 2002. He became an official volunteer with the South Madison district when he was eligible at age 18 but had spent years hanging around the Gluckstadt station where his father was, and still is, a volunteer. County officials agreed to name the new station in his honor.
"This is a wonderful tribute to our son," Weisenberger said at the recent ground-breaking for the station, located just past Lake Caroline.
"By naming this for one volunteer who gave his life is something we should all appreciate," Supervisor Karl Banks said at the recent groundbreaking.
Read the entire story at The Madison County Herald
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