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Park of the Week: Fire Truck Park

This Fire Truck park lives up to its name, with a huge fire truck play structure, fire hose and fire fighter sculptures, even red benches.

One of San Ramon's biggest prides and joys is the city's amazing park system. Our city has a whopping 53 parks spread throughout our vast community, ranging from small neighborhood playgrounds to multi-acre, multi-feature parks.

Each week we'll be highlighting one of our city parks, showing you photos, listing park features, and telling you what's special about them. We have so many parks that it will take Patch more than a year to profile each of them. So if you have a special park you'd like featured next, let us know!

Park of the Week: Fire Truck Park

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Fire Truck Park is a theme park that truly lives up to its name. And what little kid--or grown-up, for that matter--doesn't love fire trucks?

The 1.15-acre Fire Truck Park, which opened in 2007, is dedicated to the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District. Visitors are greeted at each main entrance by a related sculpture--one of a long fire-hose and another of a little boy dressed like a firefighter.

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The highlight of the park is the giant Little Tykes "Rescue 911" Fire Truck play structure. Young kids can slide down one of the three slides, climb through the "tires," play with the steering wheel and, of course, slide down the fire pole.

Next to the fire truck structure is a small swing-set that has two slides for older kids and two for babies. A tot driving track circles the playground.

Bark chips cover the ground near the play structure, but the park has a small sand pit for sand play.

Although the playground equipment is designed for younger kids, adults and older kids can play on the large grass field or relax on one of the many benches (red, of course) that circle the small playground. The park also features two chessboard-topped tables for game lovers.

Plenty of other fire-fighting elements decorate the park, including a wall with tiles designed by the fire department's members and families. Next to the tile wall are two large descriptive plaques, one with a history of the fire department and another highlighting today's department.

Quick word of advice: Make sure your kids use the bathroom before visiting the park because the small neighborhood park does not have restroom facilities.

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