Phoenix, Arizona Fire Stations (City of Phoenix only)

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Thought I'd start a City of Phoenix FD Station thread. I'll start a separate one for Phoenix metro fire stations.



This one will probably take a long time to complete, as Phoenix has 57 fire stations spread out over 500+ square miles, and I haven't shot most of them yet.



I originally wanted to do them in numerical order, but that won't be possible, so I'll try to do them geographically, starting with the west side battalions.



First up:



Station 60 - 2405 W. Townley Ave (near I-17 and Dunlap Ave) - Battalion 8

Two engine house, home of Engines 960 and 910, and Rescue 60. There is no Engine 60 right now (that's why Engine 910 is running there). This is a beautiful station, equipped with great bi-fold bay doors.



   

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Phoenix Fire Station 33 - 2409 W. Cactus Road - Battalion 4



Engine 33, Ladder 33, Ladder Tender 33, Brush 33 and Rescue 33



This station is pretty typical of the older Phoenix station design - I'm pretty sure this was a 2-bay station that was added on to later.



   

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Phoenix Fire Station 42 - 3246 W. Greenway Road - Battalion 4



Engine 42, Rescue 42, Rescue 942



This station is the next generation design after Station 33



   

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Phoenix Fire Station 50 - 20225 N. 35th Ave - Battalion 4



Engine 50, Ladder 50, Ladder Tender 50, Rescue 50, Utility 50



Early-Mid 2000's design (most stations in the 50's are this type)



   

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Good photos!



tHANKs

[ffemtwakeman]

Nice shots! I always loved the arcitecture out there, the way it blends into the environment. Have you seen Station 72 (I believe) up by Cave Creek? Last time I was there it was still under construction, I was hoping to see it finished.

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Nice shots! I always loved the arcitecture out there, the way it blends into the environment. Have you seen Station 72 (I believe) up by Cave Creek? Last time I was there it was still under construction, I was hoping to see it finished.

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Thanks for the response. I do think the desert has a certain beauty of it's own. I haven't seen 72's yet, but will get up there...eventually. I think they're staffing it with Engine 929 (an adaptive response engine) and Squad 29.



Now that I think about it, I might have to take a road trip northeast tomorrow morning...

[ffemtwakeman]

No worries, whenever you get to it. Your right though, the desert does have it's own beauty, I sure loved being out there.

[Guest]

That first photo is beautiful!

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That first photo is beautiful!

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Thanks for saying so - The sun was in the worst possible position, but I think it turned out OK.

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Station 56 up by carefree & I-17 & Station 52 (City North) have pretty nice new stations too

Station 55 is already all designed and waiting funding going up

I-17 & pinnale vista rd area

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Station 56 up by carefree & I-17 & Station 52 (City North) have pretty nice new stations too

Station 55 is already all designed and waiting funding going up

I-17 & pinnale vista rd area

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Thanks - I'll get them all eventually. I had hoped to get up northeast today, but as usual I had 27 other things to do <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> . I'll try again next week.

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What Fire Houses have Fire Poles in Phoenix? How many are left, do they build any two story fire houses any more in Phoenix? Thanks for the information.



Rick

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What Fire Houses have Fire Poles in Phoenix? How many are left, do they build any two story fire houses any more in Phoenix? Thanks for the information.



Rick

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Hi Rick - Not really any two story stations any more that I know of, except maybe a very few in congested downtown areas (I'm thinking of Tempe Station 276, which is right downtown - It's two story, but I don't know if they have any poles). Even large Central-Phoenix stations are one-story (i.e. Stations 1, 4 & 8, for example).



Most stations are built on large parcels, with drive-through bays, since there's plenty of land available. If I recall, Goodyear Station 181 has a pole, but it's really only for convenience. No living quarters are on the second floor, only a workout room off one side of the bay.

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Gilbert Fire Station 251 has 2 poles with glass windows so kids

can see them using them. When they reocate Station 257 to a new station,

Warner rd & Copper rd, it will be 2 stories due to the small lot size and probally

will have poles too. Future Phoenix station 55 is going to be 2 floors so they might have poles

[SrFireOfficial]

18's is two story with poles to slide down!

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Went on another road trip today - West Phoenix/Maryvale (i.e. don't go there after dark) areas.



Station 15 - 4730 N. 43rd Ave - Battalion 3



Heavy industrial/commercial area - Station is on 43rd Ave (a very busy street) with mostly warehouses and industrial buildings, just south of Grand Avenue/Camelback Road. Really hard to photograph.



Engine 15, Rescue 15



   

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Station 25 - 4010 N. 63rd Ave - Battalion 3



Again, not a great neighborhood but more residential than 15's.

This station is really long and I didn't want to stop and get out, so I just shot the bays.



Engine 25, Engine 925, Squad 44, Rescue 25, Battalion 3



   

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Fire Station 40 - 3838 N. 83rd Ave. - Battalion 3



A couple of miles west of 25's, same general type of older residential/commercial. For anyone familiar with Phoenix, 25's and 40's (along with Stations 24 and 44) are part of the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryvale_%28Phoenix%29"]Maryvale[/url] area, considered to be one of the first "tract" communities from the 50's.



Engine 40, Rescue 40



   

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Station 54 - 9820 W. Campbell Ave. - Battalion 3



This is the furthest west station in the City of Phoenix. The City of Avondale is just to the west and Glendale is just to the north. Although it's only a couple of miles west of Station 40, the area is much newer and better.



Engine 54, Tanker 54, Foam 44