"This isn't an appropriate place for the station," said Jeffrey Lynn, who lives about 500 feet from the planned station and is one of the residents suing the city.

Lynn argues siren noise from exiting trucks will be a nuisance and questions whether soil contamination on the site is a risk for neighbors.

The Los Angeles City Council approved the station in July despite objections from some nearby residents. At that meeting, area Councilwoman Nury Martinez argued that the site is appropriate because of the neighborhood's commercial feel. A planned 400-foot sound wall will act as a buffer for homes from the siren noise, Martinez also argued.

Supporters, including the Los Angeles Fire Department, contend the new station is needed to replace the Valley's oldest firehouse, the 1930s-era Station 39 on Sylvan Street.

"We'll have a couple of aldermen work with the fire administration and city engineer. Then they'll make recommendations to the Fire Aldermanic Committee and on to the City Council. That might take a month or two," Moore said.

Fire Chief Joe Henning said he's ready for a meeting on the selection process on Tuesday.

"It's definitely a good sampling from all over the country. We've got some that are local (firms) and from Chicago and other parts of the country as well. Some of them design fire stations on a regular basis and others just dabble in it," Henning said.

The notice posted in June sought "consulting architectural services for the selection of land, building design and the construction of up to two" new Quincy fire stations. At that time, Moore said it was a baby step toward doing a citywide study of fire department configurations.

Quincy currently has five fire stations, but has not built a new fire station since 1975. That station, located on 36th Street was considered the edge of town at that time. Lots of development has occurred on the east side of town since then and Henning said adjustments are needed to help equalize response times to structure fires.

Moore said there are some towns with fewer fire stations that have better response times, probably because they have tweaked fire station locations as the cities grew.

It’s like a Costco for firefighters.

With an order form in hand, a firefighter can exchange broken tools and damaged safety clothing for new ones.

“We are drawing resources from all over the nation,” said Cpt. Matthew Brandt, a Cal Fire supply unit leader.

So far, Brandt said, the supply unit has moved more than 1 million feet of hose to the fireline. It also has gone through between 400 and 500 five-gallon gas tanks. Larger fuel tanks for bulldozers and other heavy firefighting equipment is delivered by air in cargo nets.

“It (firefighting) requires a lot of tools and a lot of fuel,” Brandt said.

Most of the supplies are coming from a cache of firefighting items in Ontario, California, one of two caches in California. The other one is in Redding. There are 12 caches throughout the United States.

The supply unit has two sides: supplies and ordering, Brandt explained. No money is exchanged. It’s all done by ordering. However, the unit does purchase products from local retailers when necessary, especially office supplies.

Investigators said the escapade lasted only a few moments as he drove nearly double the speed limit, approximately 50 miles-per-hour in a 25 miles-per-hour zone, according to the criminal complaint.

Santos was arrested about a mile from where he boosted the ambulance after he slammed into two parked cars at Mount Eden Pkwy and Morris Ave., police said.

There were no reported injuries as a result of the joyride.

Santos had the smell of "an alcoholic beverage on his breath, bloodshot eyes, unsteadiness on his feet, was speaking incoherently and ... could not sit up straight while seated," the complaint said.