Children also start fires by playing with candles, fireworks, stoves and cigarettes.
From NFPA's Children Playing with Fire, March 2005.
Construction Photos - June 2008
Slideshow of photos taken during of the construction progress made the week of June 2008.
Narratives from the slideshow
06-10-2008 - The general shape of the station becomes more apparent
06-10-2008- A worker fastens interior steel studs
06-12-2008 - Excavation on the east side to install new drainage
06-12-2008 - Iron workers add fasteners to attach roof trusses to the steel
06-12-2008 - The mezzanine storage level takes shape
06-12-2008 - A front -west- view of Station 7
06-16-2008 - Roof trusses are moved into place
06-16-2008 - Roof trusses being set
06-16-2008 - Framers connect the roof trusses to the structure
06-16-2008 - Overhead view of Station 7 looking east from west
06-18-2008 - Roof trusses in place over the living areas
06-18-2008 - The addition of the roof trusses create a better outline of the shape of Station 7
06-19-2008 - View of Station 7 looking west from east - this is the rear of living area and the solar collection windows up high for LEED points
06-19-2008 - Plywood sheeting is being laid over the roof trusses
06-19-2008 - Roofers lay plywood roof deck on the front of the living area
06-19-2008 - Excavation work on the employee parking area begins
06-19-2008 - Iron workers add additional steel supports to the roof over the apparatus bays
06-20-2008 - The steel supports for the roof decking over the apparatus bays is almost complete
06-20-2008 - Excavation work takes place on the west side of Green Meadows Circle to allow the installation of the sewer line which will serve the station
06-23-2008 - The roof begins to add definition to the interior space
06-23-2008 - Station 7 looking south-east from north-west
06-23-2008 - Masons have built a visual aid to show how the exterior brick work will look
06-27-2008 - Roof decking is being laid on the southside of the apparatus bay
06-27-2008 - Station 7 looking north from south along Green Meadows Road
06-27-2008 - Overhead view looking east from west
06-27-2008 - The view to the north of the site from 100 feet in the air
06-30-2008 - Roof decking work continues - note the roof decking now being added to the west side of the apparatus bay