Gene Kelty of Engine 10 said the men of both units have yet to truly move past the events of Sept. 11 in their temporary quarters in firehouses on Duane Street and South Street.
It has eliminated the elaborate Jeep waterfall from its exhibit space and will not serve free food and drinks to the news media at the Firehouse, a temporary pub it operated in years past across the street.
The collaboration started a few days after Sept. 11, 2001, when a Forest Service team showed up at the Fire Department's temporary command post at a firehouse on Duane Street, not far from the remains of the towers.
The Croatian firehouse is in a temporary structure in the center, the Croat part of town.
The swiftness of the temporary reassignments may also have been an attempt to send a message that drinking in the firehouse will not be tolerated.
The city has set up temporary fire outposts in trailers and tents within walking distance of the Turn of River firehouses so paid firefighters can also respond to calls.
It was three years ago that Baltimore began closing a few different firehouses each day — known as "rotating closures" or "rolling brownouts" — in what officials hoped would be a temporary move to tide them over until better times arrived.
Firehouse 12, 45 Crown Street.
WHILE Ladder Company 25's ornate 1901 firehouse at 205 West 77th Street is undergoing a complete interior renovation, the company has found a home in a temporary structure on West 83rd Street.
