updated 12/01/2008

The Lisbon Fire Station, at 4237 Lancaster Road, provided fire protection for Lisbon, before being annexed into the City of Dallas. Old #25 was a two story, two bay house built in 1932, at the corner of Lancaster Road and Ann Arbor Avenue, that eventually gave way to a strip of small commercial occupancies.

The majority of fires answered by Station #25 are one story, two bedroom, "big booster" fires. The occasional commercial fire is usually memorable. On March 5, 1983, at 11:33 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to 337 East Ledbetter Drive, the Western Auto Store. The fire spread to a four alarm before being brought under control at 1:38 a.m. During this fire, the roof and a wall collapsed on several firefighters. A total of seven firefighters received injuries that kept them away from station duties for as long as seven months. In addition to the regular box card assignment, six MICU"s were called to transport the injured to hospitals.

When firefighters are not on emergency calls or studying for the quarterly exams, they play volleyball or competitive croquet.

Station #25 is chosen as a testing site for many new and innovative ideas in the fire service. During the construction phase of the station, the contractors tried a new idea for the apparatus room. The floor of the apparatus room was built as a "floating slab." However, the concept failed when the weight of the equipment caused the floor to sink and pull away from the walls, necessitating the contractors to return and completely renovate the floor. Another idea tested at the field level at Station #25 is the current station terminal network system. (Two stations--#17 and #25 were picked as trial stations based on their monthly activity and the presence of a battalion chief.) Today, computerization is an integral part of the fire service in Dallas.

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