Fire station turns into water park
The heat on Tuesday encouraged people of all ages to take advantage of the cool, splashing water at Escanaba Township's Besse Hall.
Dozens of people showed up on Tuesday afternoon to enjoy a shower of cold water.
Escanaba Township's ladder truck is shown outside the John D. Besse Fire Station on Tuesday afternoon.
Children run through mist and splash in puddles.
Dozens of people cooled off at John D. Besse Fire Station on Tuesday.
The portable tank used as a water source during fires became a swimming pool for toddlers on Tuesday.
A handful of people play in the water sprayed from a fire truck at Besse hall.
The first few people arrive to run through the "sprinkler" at Besse hall.
The spray from the ladder truck is seen from below.
Escanaba Township Fire Department's truck #5 became a temporary giant sprinkler this week.
How could someone be assigned to take photos and not also join in?
Kids play in water sprayed from a ladder truck.
The shower of water moved with the changing winds.
Children stand under the shower and splash in the mud created from the ladder truck's spray.
When temperatures hit close to 100 on Tuesday, Escanaba Township's volunteer fire department decided to offer their services.
The heat on Tuesday encouraged people of all ages to take advantage of the cool, splashing water at Escanaba Township's Besse Hall.
Dozens of people showed up on Tuesday afternoon to enjoy a shower of cold water.
Escanaba Township's ladder truck is shown outside the John D. Besse Fire Station on Tuesday afternoon.
Children run through mist and splash in puddles.
Dozens of people cooled off at John D. Besse Fire Station on Tuesday.
The portable tank used as a water source during fires became a swimming pool for toddlers on Tuesday.
A handful of people play in the water sprayed from a fire truck at Besse hall.
The first few people arrive to run through the "sprinkler" at Besse hall.
The spray from the ladder truck is seen from below.
Escanaba Township Fire Department's truck #5 became a temporary giant sprinkler this week.
How could someone be assigned to take photos and not also join in?
Kids play in water sprayed from a ladder truck.
The shower of water moved with the changing winds.
Children stand under the shower and splash in the mud created from the ladder truck's spray.
When temperatures hit close to 100 on Tuesday, Escanaba Township's volunteer fire department decided to offer their services.
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ESCANABA TOWNSHIP — Dozens of people showed up to cool off under the shower of Escanaba Township Fire Department’s ladder truck in the nearly-100-degree heat on Tuesday. The volunteer department offered the fun for two hours — from 3 to 5 p.m. — at Besse Hall on P.5 Road. The station is equipped with a hydrant connected to City of Gladstone water, which it regularly uses to fill fire trucks. Normally, the hydrant is not metered, but after the fire department announced on Monday their plan to turn the fire truck into a giant sprinkler for the community on one of the hottest days on record, the city attached a meter.