THE STORY: Construction on the new $3.7 million Odessa's Central Fire Station at 1100 W. Second St. is just about complete, and firefighters and administrators have been moving their gear in.

THE LINK: http://www.oaoa.com/news/station_28441___article.html/drake_fire.html

THE POLL: What's the best part of the new Central Fire Station?

>> Combining the department administrative offices with the station: 31 percent (5 votes).

>> Larger truck bays: 25 percent (4 votes).

>> Private dorm rooms: 0 percent (0 votes).

>> Larger kitchen: 0 percent (0 votes).

>> Conference room: 0 percent (0 votes).

>> The architecture: 13 percent (2 votes).

>> Ability to open bay doors in power outage: 31 percent (5 votes).

YOUR COMMENTS:

>> ilovejolie86: "Glad to see ‘the boys' are taken care of! As a daughter of a fireman, I saw how bad the old stations were before they started to restore them. They definitely deserved it!"

>> danaco: "As a former fire dispatcher/supervisor, I too am glad to see the new stations. I agree with ilovejolie86, the old stations were horrible."I would love to see the City of Odessa preserve the old Central Station, though...maybe a fire museum to include old engines, equipment (fire/communications, photos, etc)."