BIGGER PLACE FOR GROWING AREA FIREFIGHTERS UPGRADE TO NEW STATION.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Staff Writer ROSAMOND -- Kern Kern, river, 155 mi (249 km) long, rising in the S Sierra Nevada Mts., E Calif., and flowing south, then southwest to a reservoir in the extreme southern part of the San Joaquin valley. The river has Isabella Dam as its chief facility. County officially welcomed its new Rosamond fire station on Monday, a building that will make life easier for firefighters. In a brief ceremony, county officials marked the opening of the $2.1 million fire station on 35th Street West just north of Rosamond Boulevard. The 5,600-square-foot station is a replacement for a station that operated out of a World War II-style Quonset hut Noun 1. Quonset hut - a prefabricated hut of corrugated iron having a semicircular cross section Nissen hut army hut, field hut, hut - temporary military shelter . ``The old Quonset hut was outdated out·dat·ed adj. Out-of-date; old-fashioned. outdated Adjective old-fashioned or obsolete Adj. 1. years ago,'' said County Supervisor Don Maben, whose district includes Rosamond. ``This is a smarter and updated facility.'' The Quonset hut station was established in 1967. That building, which is just over 3,000 square feet, is old and cramped cramped adj. 1. Uncomfortably small or restricted: cramped living quarters. 2. Difficult to read, especially for being crowded into a small space: cramped handwriting. , county officials said. The former station will be used as a base for a search and rescue team, giving them a place to store their equipment and to conduct training. The team's gear is now stored at various members' homes. For now, the station will house one fire company. However, the building was designed with expansion in mind and is capable of housing another fire engine and its crew. ``It's a much better facility to operate out of,'' said Dennis Shoffner, president of the Rosamond Municipal Advisory Council, which provides guidance to county officials on planning issues related to the community. ``It'll certainly cut down on response times for all the new housing developments that are popping up on the westside.'' The fire station joins the Rosamond Library and the new headquarters and operations building of the Rosamond Community Services District. The three buildings are providing the makings of a civic center for the community of about 20,000 residents. The fire station has been four years in the making. Initially, the project was to be a joint fire station/sheriff's substation, but those plans fell through because of financial constraints and space concerns. The sheriff's substation will remain in a leased building on Sierra Highway Sierra Highway is a road in Southern California, United States. It runs from Tunnel Station near the north limit of the City of Los Angeles, where it intersects with San Fernando Road and Foothill Boulevard, as well as Interstate 5, and continues north to Mojave, mostly paralleling for at least two more years. Before the lease ends, the Sheriff's Department, with input from residents, will study the feasibility of building a new station, officials said. james.skeen(at)dailynews (661) 267-5743 CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- 3 -- color) Rosamond's newest fire station, No. 15, above, is ready for service, following a dedication Monday by Supervisor Don Maben and other officials. The new station, at 3219 35th St., replaces the Quonset hut that had been used since 1967. The $2.1 million project includes a communications tower and a utility pole A utility pole, telegraph pole, telephone pole, power pole, or telegraph post is a post or pole upon which telecommunication network equipment is situated. for storing fire hoses, right. Below, two firefighters use the station's new kitchen to prepare a meal. (4 -- 5 -- color) At Rosamond's newest fire station, above, firefighters have a place where they can relax and unwind Unwind 1. The closure of an investment position. 2. The reconciliation of an error previously unseen by a brokerage house. Notes: 1. Sometimes referred to as closing out a position. after a call, right. Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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