Station number 6 just off highway 16 has been going through some growing pains.

Jim Bussell - public information officer for the Rapid City Fire Department explains.

"The previous type 3 engine that is now at whispering pines,” Bussell stated. “That had a single cab, and a single bench seat so you could only have three firefighters in it"

This is a problem if your fire station now has 4 people.

City and local fire officials decided to make good on an agreement put together 20 years ago to solve the issue.

In exchange for helping purchase part of the original fire truck in 1998 for station 6, Whispering Pines can now house the engine in their own building, since station 6 now has a 4 seater engine.