This is page two of our "Unusual Fire Houses of the World" section. Thanks to so many people who've submitted entries! If you'd like to submit your own, please send them to me
To go to page 1, click here.
This is Alert Fire Company, Saint Claire, Schuylkill County. Look at the ramp on the right, a brush unit responds out this door.
This is the Continental Fire Company in Gilberton, Schuylkill County; they have a single engine
The Locust Dale Fire Company of Schuylkill County, houses a single engine, again look at the apparatus ramp.
The William Penn Fire Company, Schuylkill County, houses two engines on the bottom bays and a service unit in a top bay. The top bay still has wooden barn beam floors. They are adding another bay for a brush unit.
In December 2008, Leesburg's own David Robertson took a trip to Colorado, where he experienced some of the open expanses of beautiful countryside that is typical of the Centennial State. Somewhere between the Royal Gorge (known by the locals as the Royal Gouge for it's tourist trap qualities) and Cripple Creek, David came across one of the Southern Park County Fire Protection District's stations near the town of Guffey. The building isn't that unusual, other than the lack of windows, but the location is quite remote.
Driving along in a sparsely populated part of Park County, it's nice to know there's some level of fire protection.
Unknown what's behind the doors, but clearly this is not a regularly staffed station.
Continuing on his tour of Colorado, David came across another interesting fire station. This time, it belonged to Four Mile Emergency Services, Inc. Looks to be somewhat of a "green" building judging by the solar panels. Or maybe it is so remote there is no electricity?
Solar powered fire station?
Hmmm, "green" fire apparatus?
Here's a bit of an antique...
This gives an idea just how remote this area is.
This submission, from September 2009, comes from Mike Love, a Division Chief with Montgomery County, Maryland's Fire and Rescue service. He was visiting Hanoi on business.
1 of only 7 fire stations in a city with a population of several million
The first one is South Montgomery County, Texas VFD Station 96. It apparently houses a pumper in the last unit of a boat storage building.
This is Cypress Lakes VFD, Liberty County, Texas. Quite a re-use of a barn!
This is Martindale, Texas VFD Station 1 in Caldwell County. A simple, no-frills station that is surely appreciated by the community.
This is Houston, TX FD Station 8. It is the long-awaited downtown "superstation". There used to be two stations downtown - Station 1 and Station 8. Station 1 was a four-story building that also housed the administration for the department. It closed in 2001 and was remodeled to become a tourist attraction - the Downtown Acquarium. Station 8 was located at the same intersection for 107 years (3 different buildings), but was closed and torn down in 2001 to build a basketball stadium. (What a shame!) Stations 1 and 8 were combined, operating as Station 8, and ran out of a temporary building until April 2008 when this behemoth was opened. It has 8 bays, and if I remember correctly, is over 10,000 square feet. Operating out of this station are two engines, two ambulances, a district chief, a shift commander, and the command van. Despite being in the shadow of Houston's skyscrapers, it does not have a ladder truck. This is certainly the largest station I have seen so far. It is as long as a city block, and it was tough just getting all the bays into one shot! A new Station 1 has never been opened.
Fire Station, Town Hall, and Museum, all housed in one building in Lubec, Maine.
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