Adams Area Fire District figefighters respond to a call.

Adams Area Fire District, which formed after Mars Volunteer Fire Company and the Community Volunteer Fire Company of Valencia consolidated, moved to its Route 228 location in 2017.

The facility includes space for the district's response vehicles, offices, classrooms and a live-in firefighter program.

Live-in firefighters occupy seven of the district's eight single rooms. Amenities such as a full-scale kitchen and a shared community room attract volunteers from across the state.

Volunteers, who say they become like family, participate in regular drills, have access to outside training and have the opportunity to participate in an incentive stipend program.

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Above left, Adams Area Fire District firefighters respond to a call. Left, volunteer firemen, live-ins Craig “Arch” Archer and Taylor “Tito” Goodlin, prepare an evening meal for their fellow firefighters while Cody Safreed loads the dishwasher Wednesday. Below, Adams Area Fire District's Gary McCormick, 72, of Mars, has been a volunteer firefighter for nearly 60 years.

Adams Area Fire District, volunteer firefighter Gary McCormick, 72, of Mars has been a volunteer firefighter for nearly 60 years.

Rachel Getz is one of only a few female volunteers at the Adams Area Fire District, Station 42.

Adams Area Fire District firefighter/EMT Harry Jocuns, right, of Mars, tosses a football to junior firefighter Cody Safreed, 15, a sophomore at Mars Area High School, while waiting for the next call to come in Wednesday.

Assistant Chief Al Minjock demonstrates how to create a harness to help remove a downed firefighter from a fire Tuesday.