Cleveland Fire Department spokesman Larry Gray confirms that at about 3 p.m. Monday, a shot was fired into Ladder 36 fire station on E. 131st Street in the Union/ Harvard neighborhood.

Gray says the bullet was not discovered until later Monday night. As a fire crew was preparing to go on a run, they found a crack in the windshield of one of the trucks and a bullet lying in front of the truck.

Cleveland police say officers responded to the firehouse at 3720 East 131st Street for a bullet into the structure/fire truck.

Further investigation revealed that police cruisers in the area had responded nearby at about the same time to 13400 Bartlett Avenue. No suspects located.

No one was hurt and police and the fire department continue to investigate.

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A 6-year-old in California who befriended a group of firefighters got a special ride to her final chemotherapy treatment earlier this month.

The Moraga-Orinda Fire District picked up Finley Brown, who was diagnosed with kidney cancer in June, and her family in a fire truck to drive them to Oakland's UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital on Dec. 21 -- a thrill of a lifetime for Finely and her little brother, Cooper, 4.

Finley met the firefighters this summer at a festival where the family lives in Moraga, just east of the Bay Area.

"We've always taught our kids that whenever they see a fireman or a police officer or a soldier, it's nice to approach them and thank them for keeping us safe," her mother A.J. Brown said.

So when Finley, who was with a babysitter and her little brother that day, saw a group of firefighters, she marched right up to them.

"Finley caught our eye initially because she didn't have any hair, and then because she started talking to us — this little girl had a ton of confidence," firefighter Lucas Lambert said. "She wasn't shy at all. She introduced both her little brother and babysitter to us and had no problems asking questions. And then she went on to tell us her story and started showing off her scars and telling us what she had been through in the past month or so."

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A two-story stone schoolhouse was built in 1910 at the intersection of Welsh and Church roads in Cumru Township.

The Cedar Top School became the Cedar Top Fire Station in 1957. Subsequent additions have left the station looking "like it's made of Legos," said Jeanne E. Johnston, township manager.

When Cedar Top, Gouglersville and Grill fire companies consolidated into the Cumru Fire Department in 2004, centrally located Cedar Top became the main station. In recent years the township has added more and more patches to the failing roof, which drains poorly and tends to leak into areas between old and less old parts of the station.

Moisture has caused garage doors to rust, creating safety hazards. Part of the foundation of the old schoolhouse has sunk, leaving a visible slant to the roof.

Fire Chief Scott R. Brady said the department needs a new fire station, with construction starting yesterday.

"Why continue to spend a whole lot of money on this building when its days are numbered?" he said.

Township commissioners agree Cedar Top is antiquated, but some are less certain than Brady about what the next step should be.

Last month they approved a line item in the 2016 tentative budget for about $100,000 in preliminary work for a new station, including environmental studies and civil engineering. But they haven't decided on a site for the proposed station.

The process of building a new station would take at least four years, township officials said, during which time more costly Band-Aids for Cedar Top will be required. 

Commissioners want to hear a presentation and learn more about the methodology before proceeding with environmental studies of a specific site next year. 

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