List of fire stations

This is a list of notable current and former fire stations, which are also called "fire houses", "fire halls", "engine houses", "hook and ladder companies" and other terms. It includes combination buildings, such as city halls or other government buildings that include a fire station. This list is intended to include all historic fire stations which have formally been listed on historic registers, as well as modern ones notable for their architecture or other reasons.

This list is not intended to cover fire department buildings that are purely administrative. Nor does it cover specialty buildings serving as fire alarm headquarters or pumping stations for water supply systems dedicated to firefighting; for these see List of fire department specialty facilities. Note the term "engine houses" may refer to other collections of engines, e.g. for supplying power to factories; these are covered in a separate list of engine houses.

Narrow towers rising above many fire station buildings are hose towers, for purpose of cleaning and drying fire hoses.[1][2] But some have fire lookout towers, some have bell towers or clock towers and some have firefighting training towers or "drill towers".

Australia

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Belconnen Fire Station, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, with what appears to be a training tower

New South Wales

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Queensland

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Ithaca Fire Station

South Australia

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Former stations

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Former North Adelaide Fire Station

Victoria

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Ballarat East Fire Station, with fire lookout tower, and one end of world's first operating telephone line

Western Australia

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Fremantle Fire Station
Paisley, Ontario hose tower
Former Fire Hall No. 3, Toronto

Canada

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China

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Denmark

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Estonia

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Finland

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France

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Hong Kong

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Italy

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Fire stations of the Roman Empire Fire Service[14] in Ostia Antica and in Rome

New Zealand

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Philippines

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Parque de Bombas de Ponce, Puerto Rico


Puerto Rico

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Kostroma watchtower, Russia


Russia

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Central Fire Station, Singapore

Singapore

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Taiwan

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United Kingdom

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United States

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In the U.S., numerous fire stations are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP)[15] and there are other notable ones as well.

Alabama

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Fire Station No. 12 (Birmingham, Alabama)

Alaska

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No notable fire stations known.

Arizona

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Arkansas

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Fayetteville Fire Department Fire Station 3

California

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Colorado

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Hose House No. 2 (Idaho Springs, Colorado)

Connecticut

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Delaware

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Florida

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Georgia

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Fire Station Number 4

Iowa

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Hope Fire Company Engine House

Kansas

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Kentucky

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Central Fire Station (Shreveport, Louisiana)

Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Fire Station No. 7 (Brookline, Massachusetts) (1898), with stepped gable and a rear hose tower

Michigan

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Calumet Fire Station

Minnesota

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Tower Fire Hall, which never had any tower.

Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

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Fire department building in Alder, Montana

Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Jersey

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New Hampshire

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New Mexico

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New York

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North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Ohio

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Columbus

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Hope Hose Co. No. 6 and Fellowship Engine Co. No. 29

Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Residential-style Holly Street Fire Hall

Tennessee

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Texas

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Utah

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Vermont

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Virginia

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Washington

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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Washington, D.C.

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Vatican City

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Vatican City fire station

See also

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Disambiguation lists of fire stations:

References

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  1. ^ "Week 26 (Fire Station #4)". 17 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b Larry Douglass (February 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Brigham City Fire Station/City Hall". National Park Service. Retrieved 8 October 2018. With accompanying four photos
  3. ^ "The South Australia Heritage Places database".
  4. ^ "The South Australia Heritage Places database".
  5. ^ "The South Australia Heritage Places database".
  6. ^ "Belltower, Maryborough Fire Station". Victoria Heritage Council.
  7. ^ "Ballarat East Fire Station". Victoria Heritage Council.
  8. ^ "Former Ballarat Fire Station". Victoria Heritage Council.
  9. ^ "Former Elsternwick Fire Station". Victoria Heritage Council.
  10. ^ "Former Prahran Fire Station". Victoria Heritage Council.
  11. ^ "Former Bendigo Fire Station". Victoria Heritage Council.
  12. ^ "Eastern Hill Fire Station". Victoria Heritage Council.
  13. ^ Ilmi Haapio (1977). "Wivi Lönn 20.5.1872–27.12.1966". Suomalaisia vaikuttajanaisia (in Finnish). Helsinki: WSOY. p. 100. ISBN 951-0-08292-9.
  14. ^ "The Oldest Fire Stations Still in Existence - FIRE RISK HERITAGE". 24 March 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  16. ^ James K. Reap; Norton R. McInvale (September 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cobbham Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 15 December 2019. Includes map. With photo of fire station being 5th of accompanying 13 photos from 1977
  17. ^ Palama Fire Station at SAH Archipedia
  18. ^ Kalihi Fire Station, at SAH Archipedia
  19. ^ Don J. Hibbard (16 July 2018). "City of Refuge Christian Church (New Waipahu Theater)". SAH Archipedia. Retrieved 14 October 2019., eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley
  20. ^ Central Fire Station at SAH Archipedia
  21. ^ "Fire Station (Protestant Missionary Church)". SAH Archipedia. 16 July 2018.
  22. ^ Ralph Adams; Carol Ahlaren (March 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Humphrey City Hall / NEHBS #PT05-022". National Park Service. Retrieved 19 November 2018. With accompanying three photos from 1996
  23. ^ Wallace, Daniel (2015). Ghostbusters: The Ultimate Visual History. San Rafael, California: Insight Editions. ISBN 978-1608875108
  24. ^ "What is a hose tower?". 9 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
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