CRANBERRY TWP — An open house of the township’s newly expanded Park Fire Station on Route 19 is scheduled next week.

An open house from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. May 11 will be held to commemorate the completion of the two-story structure, which includes a full basement. Station tours will be offered and a complimentary pancake breakfast will be served before a formal 11:15 a.m. dedication ceremony.

The new addition is designed to make spending time at the station more rewarding for fire company volunteers. Its second floor will house overnight dormitory-style rooms for volunteers, allowing for quicker response to emergency calls.

Space on the first floor will accommodate administrative offices, a kitchen, a conference room and several work rooms for preparing incident reports. Those work rooms, complete with wireless Internet, can also be used to accommodate daytime volunteers.

A special glass-enclosed exhibit room at the building’s front showcases the fire company’s first engine — a 1928 Pirsch pumper, purchased from another community’s fire department following 30 years of use, shortly after Cranberry’s company was formed in 1959. It was later restored to showroom condition by fire company members under the leadership of firefighter Jim Cole.