Tucson Fire Department Station 8, 4th Edition

Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705 Opened in late 1950s, at a single family residence at 3325 N. Stone Original structure demolished in 2010 1968 moved to a permanent station at 250 W. King Road Houses one of the nation s busiest engine companies Apparatus Stationed at Station as of 2011 Engine 8 Paramedic 8

Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705 Opened in late 1950s, at a single family residence at 3325 N. Stone

Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705 1968 moved to a permanent station at 250 W. King Road

Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

February 19, 1966, Tucson Daily Citizen: Station 8, 3325 N. Stone

October 5, 1965, Tucson Daily Citizen: Station 8, 3325 N. Stone

November 10, 1965, Tucson Daily Citizen: Station 8, 3325 N. Stone

February 26, 1966, Tucson Daily Citizen: Station 8, 3325 N. Stone

February 28, 1968, Day Book, TFD Station 8, 3325 N. Stone

TFD Station 8, 3325 N. Stone

TFD Station 8, 3325 N. Stone 2 black & white photos may be 1973

TFD Station 8, 3325 N. Stone

Courtesy Tucson Fire Department 1881 1981: Station 8, 3325 N. Stone

Courtesy Annual Report 1968 1969: Station 8, 3325 N. Stone date, sta- out gear, Unknown tion 8, turn- TFD

Unknown date, Station 8, TFD Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

February 23, 1997, Arizona Daily Star: Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

April 5, 1998, Arizona Daily Star: Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

Unknown date Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

April 24, 2008: Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

October 16, 2011, Arizona Daily Star: Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

October 16, 2011, Arizona Daily Star: Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705 David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department personnel, firefighters Billy Eyrich, foreground, looks over an elderly woman who was complaining of stomach pains as Captain Richard Johnson, right, records vital signs being read to him by firefighter Dan Dezess, David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department firefighter Billy Eyrich keeps a watchful eye over a domestic violence call in the afternoon.

October 16, 2011, Arizona Daily Star: Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705 David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department firefighter Billy Eyrich, left, laughs with paramedic Joe Nilson, right, in the main living area of Station #8, known as "The House of Love" as the station's David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department's Station #8 is the "House of Love," David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department personnel help remove a woman David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department Captain Richard Johnson listens to a patient as he listens to what meds she is currently Tucson Fire Department station #8, Captain Richard Johnson, left, finishes a report on a call they just went out on, as engineer

October 16, 2011, Arizona Daily Star: Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705 David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department engineer Jason Collins checks out the undercarriage of their fire truck between calls. Being the engineer, he is the driver and is responsible for the maintance of David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department paramedic Levi Penrod, left, firefighter Billy Eyrich, and engineer Jason Collins watch an episode of "COPS" that was filmed in Tucson and featured Station #8 paramedic Joe Nilson before he was a firefighter, he was a victim of David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department's Dan Dezess sorts out his clothing at David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department firefighter Billy Eyrich, rides in Engine 8 to a call.

October 16, 2011, Arizona Daily Star: Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705 David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department captain Richard Johnson fills out forms on a computer he uses for all is aspects of work, from its GPS capabilities of getting to a location of a call, to filling out reports on various patients, like this David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department firefighter Billy Eyrich cooks tortillas for the Station's lunch consisting of David Sanders/Arizona Daily Star Tucson Fire Department paramedic Joe Nilson checks his phone before grabbing a nap after midnight, having just returned from a call. Nilson said if he is woken up more than four time in a night, he just won't try

Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705 Courtesy http://www.tucsonaz.gov/fire/operations-cross-with-link/fire_stations/station_8/ station_8.html

Courtesy Tucson Fire Department 2000 2010: Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

March 28, 2013, TFD Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705 April 2, 2013, TFD

April 2, 2013, TFD Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705 November 14, 2013, http://www.kvoa.com/news/n4t-investigators-ambulance-abuse/

Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

June 12, 2015, TFD Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

October 24, 2016, TFD Station 8, 250 W. King Road, 85705

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