Fire chiefs are considering creating a joint station with other emergency services to replace Dalkeith Fire Station amid safety warnings over the state of the roof.
Talks have already taken place with Midlothian Council over the possibility of a joint campus at Stobhill and the local authority has said it would not object to a joint fire and ambulance service base.
The move comes after structural reports discovered the current fire station was built with the same type of concrete roof planks which were blamed for a school roof collapse four years ago.
