When the firefighters assigned to Sioux Falls’ oldest station at Ninth Street and Minnesota Avenue look out the front doors, they see businesses in every direction. When Central Fire Station opened in 1912, however, multi-story mansions lined the surrounding streets. The neighborhood has changed, but the mission remains the same: to protect city residents from the destruction a fire can cause. That is the same mission facing the firefighters who are serving the city in Sioux Falls’ newest facility: Fire Station 12 at 3300 S. Faith Ave., just east of 41st Street and SD Highway 11.