Madison’s new far-west side fire station will be named in honor of the fire department’s former medical director who died in a Med Flight helicopter crash in May, officials announced at Fire Station No. 12’s groundbreaking Monday afternoon.
The station will be named for Dr. Darren Bean, who in addition to being the medical director for the fire department, was also a Med Flight physician for six years. When a flight returning to Madison from La Crosse crashed just outside of La Crosse on May 10, Bean was one of three passengers who died.