That's ok Travis. We did pass by the Gatlinburg firehouse on Easter Sunday morning in 2007 while on the way to visit family near Asheville NC, about 90 minutes east. As we were staying in Pigoen Forge just had to take a look at their firehouse too finding it to be nice from a drive by point of view but I seem to remember a chain link fence around it with an electric gate. When we left to head home to NJ, we took a road from Sevierville east toward English Mountain, passing by the humongous bean processing plant of the Bush family. In Sevierville we saw at least one school with a high chain link fence surrounding it and an electric gate. Back home at the PD I mentioned it with a captain saying that's part of coming Homeland Security requirements with different areas given different schedules for implementing the myriad of requirements one of which is fencing at schools, police stations and firehouse.
Rich Dean, Butler, New Jersey, USA
Member of Kinney Hose Co. 1, Butler Fire Dept. since 1973, Fire Police Officer since 2000
Dispatcher at Butler Police Communications from March 1975 to July 2009
Secretary of North Jersey Volunteer Firemen's Association since 1980
Member of Tri-Boro First Aid Squad (volunteer ems) since 2000 as a driver
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Member of Kinney Hose Co. 1, Butler Fire Dept. since 1973, Fire Police Officer since 2000
Dispatcher at Butler Police Communications from March 1975 to July 2009
Secretary of North Jersey Volunteer Firemen's Association since 1980
Member of Tri-Boro First Aid Squad (volunteer ems) since 2000 as a driver
Member of many Yahoogroups, owner of some such as:
[post="0"]FirematicEvents Yahoogroup[/post]the place to for listing and discussion of any event by a public safety organization.
[post="0"]RailfanEvents Yahoogroup[/post]
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