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The building to the left of the photo (or it might be the one next to that one) is the Ott House, a very fire service themed bar/resteraunt, with quite an impressive collection of patches behind the bar. Been a while since I was there, could be wrong. The station has no apron whatsoever, how they get the tower in and out of there must be a feat.
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I pass this station on my way to and from work almost every day, you are 100% correct there is NO ramp at all and the station sits right at a traffic light so there is always cars backed up in front of the station.. I have never seen them bring the tower out but I have seen them bring the engine-tanker out and it is a calamity. The Ott House still has some of the fire patches and stuff, the last time I was there though it seemed sort of... well sort of low brow and not what I was expecting food wise.
The building to the left of the photo (or it might be the one next to that one) is the Ott House, a very fire service themed bar/resteraunt, with quite an impressive collection of patches behind the bar. Been a while since I was there, could be wrong. The station has no apron whatsoever, how they get the tower in and out of there must be a feat.
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I pass this station on my way to and from work almost every day, you are 100% correct there is NO ramp at all and the station sits right at a traffic light so there is always cars backed up in front of the station.. I have never seen them bring the tower out but I have seen them bring the engine-tanker out and it is a calamity. The Ott House still has some of the fire patches and stuff, the last time I was there though it seemed sort of... well sort of low brow and not what I was expecting food wise.