Armed with the findings of a fire station site study prepared by North Andover's Carlson Group, a firm that specializes in public safety infrastructure, the fire chief outlined how new assisted living facilities, a series of large-scale apartment buildings, and other developments around the edges of town will dramatically alter the needs of an already changing fire department landscape. Â
"We're in a 100-year-old building, and it's full. We're running out of space and we're kind of getting to the point where next time we buy a fire truck, there's not going to be a place to put it," he said. "We need to start discussing the future. We're looking at the growth in the southern part of town, and it's certainly an issue." Â