Then and now: Fire station THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2024 BEFORE THE LABS — The fire station, located on the east side of Kirtland Air Force Base, in 1950 and today. The station was built in the early 1940s and was already standing when Z Division, later known as Sandia, arrived in fall 1945. The station is still in operation and responds to incidents on Sandia property today. (Historic photo from the Lab News archives; Recent photo by Craig Fritz; Video by Andrew Dormody)