The facility is designed to withstand high level storms and provide a safe haven for personnel.  

A fueling station at the back of the property will be incorporated into daily operations.

Family history is the reason their Facebook profile image includes a historical photo of the department. The photo taken in the 1950s has three engines and a handful of firefighters and their gear. It is this photo that helped bring home one of the department's most significant pieces of history.

“Our Facebook page photo with the original engine and several firemen was tagged," Mike said. "One afternoon I received a message tagging the truck to a truck being stored in Illinois. As I looked into it, I realized the truck that had been tagged was the truck from our picture.”

In the first crash a driver veered off the road and struck a power pole and reported the sun was in his or her eyes.

Emergency crews  parked fire truck near the scene of that crash to warn other drivers, but another driver slammed into the back of the fire truck.

That driver also blamed the sunlight.There were no serious injuries in connection with either crash.