Inside Minneapolis / St. Paul International Airport Fire Station 1. Opened 2001. Two stories, with 57,000 square-feet. Cost approximately $15,000. Prior fire station located below control tower, now Station 2. Response area for structural protection includes southeast Bloomington, MN. Station is first-due at Mall of America for box alarms.

Features of new station include separate public and secure areas; classroom in public area utilized both by fire department and other airport groups; hot-bunked sleeping rooms and slightly larger versions for captains; television room; telephone rooms for private conversations; small meeting room (not pictured); laundry room; cleaning room; SCBA filling/test and filter testing room; hose tower that can also be used for high level, confined space, and other training; tower also piped with sprinkler heads, for training; captain's office that looks out on airfield; upstairs conference/command room that looks out on airfield; upstairs conference/presentation room in public area; upstairs waiting room in public area, upstairs kitchenette in public area, beside administrative offices.

Apparatus and units include small rescue and utility vehicles, airboat on trailer, haz-mat trailer, medical support trailer (now replaced by medical support bus), high-pressure structural engine, second/reserve structural engine (painted red/white as provided by Air Guard to protect their base adjacent to airport), mini-pumper, heavy rescue, and three airport crash trucks. Mike Legeros photographs.