When Aaron Lacey, Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department deputy chief of administration, looked back on his time working at the recently rebuilt Fire Station No. 3, one of his first comments was on the prison-like showers.
"It was the gym, then it was a shower in the restrooms," he said. "It was like a big gang shower ... it did not meet the modern 21st century fire service."
But that all changed as city officials and roughly 80 Pleasanton residents celebrated the completion of the station's rebuild on Nov. 18. The project included demolishing the original one-story building, located on 3200 Santa Rita Road, and creating a new two-story building with modern firefighter tools and amenities, gender neutral bathrooms and private dorm rooms.