The City of Harrison puts a new fire station in operation.

The release from the City of Harrison is below:

The Harrison Fire Department is excited about moving into the new downtown station. Two firefighters were on duty in the building on Wednesday night, May 28.

Fire Station 3 brought over one of their trucks to test out the space and help move equipment into the building. Chief Marc Lowery said, “No worries. We’ll get Station 2’s truck in here soon.”

Lowery said they would keep Engine 2 and Rescue 2 at the new location because the station is closer to the Buffalo River than others. Rescue 2 is frequently used in high-angle water rescues and for stranded or injured hikers. 

The new station can accommodate four firefighters at a time, with three lockers in each room for the department's three shifts.

“We only plan to have a two-man station here right now, but wanted to leave room to grow,” Lowery said. “It all depends upon the need on this side of town.”

The overall site turned out very well. Some had doubts about a station fitting on a piece of land next to Creekside. 

“Some also had concerns about pulling a fire truck out of the station and turning onto Pine Street,” Lowery said. “But we tried it and it works just fine.” 

There’s even room for the shift guys to park their vehicles.

“I like the glass doors, too. They look so nice. At night, it will be all lit up. Eventually, we will have our sign up. But that was the first thing to be cut out of the budget when needed,” he said.