Saturday, July 26, 2014

Anchorage Fire Department, Station 1








Anchorage Fire Department, Station 1, 100 East 4th Avenue, Anchorage Alaska. Anchorage Fire Department currently operates out of 13 stations . Station 1 covers the downtown areas. Known as the Big House it was on F street between 4th and 5th back in 1916. In the 1960's it moved to the corner of C and 6th Streets. In 2001 the new and current station was built at the corner of A and 6th. Station 1 houses 2 engines, a truck, a haz mat and a medic. The engines run more than 2,000 calls annually. The museum house on of their original 1922 American LaFrance engines.

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