Quoting Justin Fisk
Bob, I must say you have to be one of my favorite builders who build custom fire stations.
Thank you, Justin! I enjoy building them for the LTFD. I can remember back when I was your age, I had a town all set up. I had one of every firehouse Lego built from 1982 to 1991. I also had all the FD apparatus from that time as well. That said, I didn't have bricklink or a Lego store. So, the only way to get spare parts was to buy duplicate sets or order through the Mail Order system at Lego. Sadly, there wasn't much of a selection back then through Lego. So, I couldn't build firehouses for the trucks that did not have a firehouse. I had "imaginary fire stations." When I got back into the Lego scene and started building fire apparatus, I decided to make sure each truck had a roof over its head. I'm happy to say that I accomplished that. : )