Fire apparatus leaving the rear bay doors of the South Fire Station, at left, have to pass through the adjacent Post Office parking lot, at right, en route to emergency calls.
Cramped quarters leave firefighters little space to don their gear before responding to calls.
Cramped quarters leave firefighters little space to don their gear before responding to calls.
Any available shelf and wall space is used for battery charges and other equipment.
Firefighter's gear lays on the floor to dry as firefighters wait for a chance to hang their gear on a gear dryer crafted by firefighters out of PVC pipes and an inflation device meant for children's bouncy houses.
No shell or wall space goes unused in the firefighter's laundry area.
Fitness equipment for firefighters lines a wall between apparatus and homemade gear drying equipment.
Cramped quarters at the South Fire Station
At right, the Fire Department's rescue boat is parked in the South Fire Station, which is so tightly packed a brush truck has to be moved before the boat can be removed from the station.