DALLAS -- Fire Station 11 on Cedar Springs is steeped in history. Firefighter and paramedic Josh Mihalyi is proof of that. His great uncle was a firefighter in this same station during the 1940s.
"This whole wall is filled with pictures of the station over the years. It's over 100 years old," Mihalyi said.
Since then the technology has evolved, thankfully, but the building remains the same. It's one of the few stations left in the city with a fireman's pole.
This Thanksgiving, between alarms, crews enjoyed one of the best tasting traditions.
"We take great pride that we make everything from scratch, so we bring in turkeys down; we take the carcass, we start making the stock the day before," said Patrick McElroy, the executive chef of the Warwick Hotel.
For more than a decade, staff at the four-star restaurant have prepared a special Thanksgiving feast for the fire crews at Station 11.
"We need to give thanks to the people that have voluntarily stepped away from their families to take care of us, and I think we really need to recognize that," McElroy said.
McElroy knows about that sacrifice. For five years he served as a volunteer firefighter in his hometown of Avalon, New Jersey.
He went to the station Thursday to deliver the meal himself. Together they're appreciating the meal and the sweet silence between alarms.