On Saturday, October 7th, 2006 The officers, members and Building Committee members of R.H. L. & No. 1 had their "groundbreaking" ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of their new facility.

Present were Senator Dean Skelos,  Assemblyman Bob Barra, Town of Hempstead Councilman Antony Santino, Lynbrook Trustee Bill Hendrick, and Louis Bieler, President of LGB Development, the prime contractor of the project.

Construction is expected to take about six months, weather permitting.

Truck 1's vintage 1884 firehouse was badly damaged on April 22nd, 2005 and could not be repaired to meet current building codes.

The new larger facility (see computer generated rendering below) will be reminiscent of the original historic firehouse. Visit www.rebuildtruck1.org for more information.