Santa Claus and his small snow elf visited Los Alamos County Fire Station 4 recently at 4401 Diamond Dr. The station was constructed in 1964 in the County’s North Community. Through Los Alamos County and the New Mexico Fire Protection Distribution Funds, this station was upgraded in 2002, and a separate structure was constructed near the station to house additional apparatus operated by LAFD. Fire Station 4 contains five bays with sleeping and living areas on the north side and work and storage areas on south side. The Annex contains four additional bays and provides additional storage for reserve units. The basement of Station 4 is home to storage cages for special programs such as uniform/clothing, EMS Supply, HazMat supplies, emergency operations equipment and supplies, etc. The first due response units include: 1 Engine Company, 1 Medic Unit, a Compressed Air Foam Tender, and a Mini-Tender. Station 4 is staffed with five personnel. Staffing consists of one Company Officer, one Driver Engineer and three Firefighters. One or more of these positions is at the Paramedic level. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com