CRESTVIEW — Why was a recreational vehicle parked at the North Okaloosa Fire District’s John King Road station?
That’s one Facebook user’s question.
Jerry Litynski posted this photo on the News Bulletin’s Facebook page of an Aurora RV parked at the station.
“Nice place to store your motor home — a taxpayer structure that is supposed to be used for fire-fighting equipment,” he stated in a publicly visible post.
Litynski did not direct his complaint to the fire district, according to NOFD Chief Ed Cutler, who said neither he nor other NOFD firefighters or administrators have received complaints about the incident, and encouraged residents to contact NOFD when they have concerns.
The fire district has four stations, three of which have been unmanned since the late 2000s, but are equipped with one fire engine each. At the John King Road location, that left a vacant bay, where a deputy fire chief temporarily parked his vehicle overnight March 7, Cutler said.
The bulk of NOFD’s firefighting fleet and all personnel are housed at the Bob Sikes Airport station, which is staffed 24 hours a day.
If there’s a fire, professional or volunteer firefighters respond to the fire station nearest the emergency, taking the fire engine to the site of the fire. Firefighters also generally respond from the airport main station.
A call to Litynski for further comment was not immediately returned.
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Why was an RV parked at the North Okaloosa Fire District station?