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At the Station Morristown Fire Department upgrading Fire Station No. 3 An Architect’s rendering of the planned Morristown Fire Station No. 3 W hen designing a new fire station, the best approach according to Morris- town Fire Chief Clark Taylor is to get the opinions of those who best know the needs: firefighters. The Department’s new fire station No. 3 comes with plenty of input from themen andwomenwho will be using it. The first thing to be addressed? Meet the needs the current facility cannot. The current StationNo. 3 was built in 1966 at 3205 East Andrew Johnson Hwy. The facility was ade- quate to house two personnel per shift; however, to- day it staffs three to four personnel per shift. Balls Station No. 3 as it stands cannot house “Sky- boom” category engines, that have either a 55-foot