GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Grand Rapids residents on the city’s southeast side will see faster response times from firefighters during emergencies thanks to a new fire station that just opened in the Third Ward.

The new Kendall Street Fire Station, 4044 Kalamazoo Ave. SE, is the first new station to be built in the city of Grand Rapids in nearly 40 years.

City officials opened the 12,600-square-foot facility to the public for the first time at a Friday, Sept. 26 groundbreaking ceremony.

Located on the corner of Kalamazoo Avenue SE and Kendall Street SE, the new Fire Station No. 12 will help speed up response times in the city’s Third Ward, which serves around 14,000 residents on Grand Rapids’ southeast side, said Fire Chief Brad Brown.

Before now, there was only one fire station serving the en

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