Also known at the Lyons Fire Station because it's in the Lyons District, Station No. 3 was the backdrop for a verbal history of the Clinton Fire Department Tuesday. About a dozen members of the Clinton History Club braved the morning's freezing drizzle to hear Fire Chief Mike Brown talk about the 1915 building and the fire department's move from horse-drawn vehicles, to motorized trucks and on to 21st-century computer technology. In 129 years, Clinton Fire Department has had only 10 fire chiefs, said Brown. "Number 10 will be done in November." Though he won't officially announce his retirement until spring, Brown said Wednesday that he's stepping down before the end of the year "because it's time."