A Tornado Tore Apart Dallas Fire Station 41 in 2019. It May Not Be Rebuilt Until Late 2023.

Published: Fri, 06/24/22

A Tornado Tore Apart Dallas Fire Station 41 in 2019. It May Not Be Rebuilt Until Late 2023.

Dallas Observer
 JUNE 24, 2022 4:00AM

Construction on Fire Station 41's replacement may not start until October or November this year. Thomas R Machnitzki (thomasmachnitzki.com), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

In October 2019, a tornado ripped across a swathe of North Dallas, hurling heavy winds at the Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Station 41 on Royal Lane and a Home Depot a few miles farther east. The storm ripped off the station's roof and other parts of the building. It also collapsed part of the Home Depot.

Jim McDade, president of the Dallas Fire Fighters Association, said it took less than a year for the Home Depot to be repaired and back in business. Meanwhile, Dallas Fire-Rescue’s Station 41 may not be finished until late 2023.

“It didn’t have to be this way,” McDade said.

The long wait for the rebuild, and fixes on other stations, were two reasons McDade and the association cited in a press release last week explaining why they supported firing City Manager T.C. Broadnax