Hi! I decided to upload some images of a MOC I put together a few years ago. It's been sitting in my town for so long sealed up that I almost had forgotten how happy I was with what was on the inside. It's not my first firehouse, and it likely won't be my last, but here it is to share with you:

An overhead shot of the station. Looks like the crew is having a party on the roof. Let's take a couple of closer looks:

There are a total of four stories, plus a couple more worth of tower.

Here are a couple of shots from the backside, including the basketball court on the side.

Here's the crew, assembled for a photo opportunity. The helicopter pilot is out on a mission.

Here comes the Chief, who got a break to come enjoy a BBQ with the other guys.

Now we're going to look at the nuts and bolts. The top levels of the tower lift off, as does the main roof. Inside we can see the Chief's office and the stairs to the recreational level, as well as the door to the rooftop area.

Here are a couple of closer looks at the top floor. One goal of mine was to create a realistic building in which the interior and exterior walls were different colors on a couple of the levels. I used red bricks for the exterior walls and white for the interior.

Now, here comes the good part!

The level directly below the roof is the rec level. There's a rec room with a TV, sofa, coffee table, lamp, stationary bicycles, a video game cabinet, and a ping pong table. There are also bathrooms, a shower room, and sleeping quarters. There are also lockers and the all-important fire pole.

Here is a closeup of the bathrooms with their tiled floors.

A closeup of the shower room.

The sleeping quarters.

A long shot of the entire rec room to give details on the furniture and other accessories.

The game and some wall art.

The ping pong table was actually designed before the first images of Fire Brigade were released. I used a wind visor on hinges rather than the fence piece. The storage closet behind the table could be holding coats, or board games, or whatever else these guys might need to store.

These firemen have a pretty good decorator!

There are also lockers for the boys to keep their valuables whenever they're out on a mission.

Another closeup of the TV room as well as a shot of the fire pole. It leads directly down to the garage below. Watch your step!

The rec level lifts off as well, revealing the garage and kitchen downstairs. The kitchen is a split level area that is technically the second floor.

The same level from the front side.

A close up of the kitchen level. There's a fridge, stove, oven, cabinets, and the kitchen sink. There's also a coffee maker as well as a bistro table.

Another angle of the kitchen area. I guess the pizza was less exciting than the BBQ grill on the roof.

And now, for my favorite part:

The kitchen level lifts out from the floor to reveal another level underneath:

The receptionist's office is below the kitchen. There is a desk, waiting room chairs, and a water cooler, plus a nice flower arrangement to brighten up the room a little. The door opens up into the garage.

A close up of the reception area from the window.

And another.

This is the washing area for the fire trucks in the back of the garage. The door leads to the receptionist's office. The fire pole ends to the right.

The station is not built to the modular Cafe Corner standard, but it fits pretty well into a town design. It is designed to accommodate other modular-styled buildings on either side, hence the odd window placement on the side. Here it is with some other buildings:

A few other MOCs on either side to complete the block. The garage doors are unfinished, as I haven't cracked open the police station set I picked up on sale at Toys R Us a few months ago to pull the rest of the garage parts out in order to complete them yet. I also have some MOC fire trucks that have strangely gone missing, otherwise I'd add them to the scene as well.

All the images here are resized, but you can see the full-sized images in the Brickshelf Gallery.

Edited June 3, 201113 yr by toorayay

A wonderfull creation job well done.

Great firehouse 'toorayay'. This place is huge! The interior detail is great! Very well done

My initial reaction was that the external design is a bit on the basic side, but upon seeing the interiors I was totally blown away by the nice details inside especially the recreational equipment. Very well done toorayay!

Color me impressed! That is a Very Nice Fire Station

HUge MOC!

I like the recreation room and shower! the details are real good there!

Very nice creation toorayay. I like the overall exterior design, it gives me the impression of an old fire station building still being used today. You've put some fine details such as the grey "brick stripes" on the walls and around the gates that break the "redness" and add to this "architecturally old" feeling.

The interior is fantastic! I agree with Kiel that the recreation room is beautifully created and it's great that you've managed to give a different character to every room. Excellent use of floor tiles, that really made the difference.

Thanks for sharing!

AWESOME just simply AWESOME 'tooraray', the games area and sleeping/bathroom areas are fantastically detailed - neat shower heads !

Great work as too your other creations along side of this one - a huge !

Brick On !

Very nice! Great work on the interior.

Fabulous Moc!

You've done an awesome work!

I've been thinking about building a fire station to house my fire engines, and the interior of this building definitely an inspiration, toorayay. I'm curious to see your fire engines.

Cheers,

Ralph

Showers, toilets, beds, fitness, games, tennis, kitchen .. they live a great, if they were at home. Your MOC is great. Bravisimo!

Excellent work! It looks very nice from the outside, and it fits in nicely with a town. The interior though is absolute amazing. There's so many details I love, and I may just steal a couple of designs, if you don't mind ! Well done, and thanks for sharing!

Beautiful building and incredible details!

I like the showers and the sports hall ...but all is fantastic here!

Very good work!

My initial reaction was that the external design is a bit on the basic side, but upon seeing the interiors I was totally blown away by the nice details inside especially the recreational equipment.

Took the words right out of my mouth! The exterior is a bit plain for my taste as well, but what's inside is just great. Very well done!

Im working on a design like this. Only thing is I needit to be one bay and able to hold a large pumper truck. Not working out so well. But I love your creation. Well done all around. Now where are the trucks and the helicopter?

Can you send me a PM with the instructions of the ping pong table?

Regards

Really lovely detail.

I like the basketball hoop outside....and the way you done the shower heads...very creative

Very very Nice!! I loved the shower room!