After 15 years, Central County Fire Station 36 reopens in Burlingame

Funding obtained to operate the station

 

After it originally closed 15 years ago, the Central County Fire Department reopened Station 36 on Rollins Road to fanfare and applause from local leaders, firefighters, and community members on July 1, 2025. 

Central County Fire — which serves Burlingame, Hillsborough, and Millbrae — originally shut down operations at the station as a cost-cutting measure. But the department was recently awarded a substantial $8 million grant from the federal government, allowing it to hire 12 additional firefighters and reopen Station 36. 

David Novelli, CCFD fire captain and union leader, was working at Station 36 when it closed in August 2010, he told the assembled crowd.  READ MORE