F Is For Fire Station

Fire Station Number 5 is located on Westover Terrace where it intersects at Wendover Avenue. This station has one fire engine staffed with four people; one ladder truck with a four person staff; and one rescue truck, also staffed with four people. The fire house is also a "safe place" for youth seeking help or in need of resources. When we drove by at about 9:00 am yesterday, the ladder truck was getting tested/inspected by its crew. From the view across the street, it appeared to be in great shape. We don't know if you can see them, but the truck has stabilizing feet that extend about 3 feet on either side. 

Fire stations are places that are usually taken for granted, until we need their services. Fire departments are very dynamic places and do so much more than put out fires. According to the recording on their community relations line, we learned you can schedule fire department employees to come out to participate in community events, teach classes, provide free smoke alarms, and help with battery installation for smoke alarms. They also help with car seat installations, and conduct fire inspections and investigations. 

At Station 5, there is also a USAR Team. We thought USAR stood for for URBAN SEARCH and RESCUE, which is a FEMA Rescue Task Force. However, Greensboro is not on FEMA's list. Maybe this is a local search and rescue location. We hope to learn more. In the meantime, today is ABC Wednesday and for A-Z Urban Finds, "F" is for fire station (and fire persons). Hats off to the workers at Station 5!

Comments

[♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫]

Never had the need to call for the help of those people, i hope i will never have too

Have a nice abc-day / - week
♫ M e l ☺ d y ♫ (abc-w-team)

[Mascha]

Fire station are always great and interesting (and useful of course)

Thanks for your visit and comment. The song of Bulat Okudzhava is one of my favorites since many years

[Tbreese823]

Thank God for our firefighters!

[William Kendall]

We have them spread throughout the city. I often hear one or two trucks coming into campus, since there's a call every week seemingly, usually the result of someone pulling an alarm.

[Leslie]

Great choice for our F week. No other public service could be more important - other than police and ambulance, of course.

Leslie
abcw team

[Roger Green]

an extremely important resource!

ROG, ABCW

[Reader Wil]

The fire department is also used occasionaly to help sick people who have to go to hospital but can't go down the stairs in houses of two stories without an elevator.One of my neighbours got a heart-attack and was unconscious.She couldn't walk down the stairs and was too heavy to be carried down.So the fire-brigade came to help her down.
The fire-brigade also rescues kittens who climb too high. Thanks for your post.
Wil, ABCW Team