The West Dade Public Library, foreground, was required to have off-duty firefighters on fire watch instead of its own security guards, even though it shares its parking lot with a fire station, at top. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
The West Dade Public Library, foreground, was required to have off-duty firefighters on fire watch instead of its own security guards, even though it shares its parking lot with a fire station, at top. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
1000 Quayside Ter., part of the Towers of Quayside in Northeast Miami-Dade, ran up a $193,000 fire-watch bill in 2005-05. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF