List of fire stations

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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.

Contents

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

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

New South Wales

Queensland

Ithaca Fire Station Ithaca Fire Station (former) (1992).jpg
Ithaca Fire Station

South Australia

Former stations

Former North Adelaide Fire Station North Adelaide Fire Station (7596706934).jpg
Former North Adelaide Fire Station

Victoria

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

Western Australia

Fremantle Fire Station Freo firestation gnangarra-101.jpg
Fremantle Fire Station
Paisley, Ontario hose tower Hose tower paisley 2009 tac.jpg
Paisley, Ontario hose tower
Former Fire Hall No. 3, Toronto No 8 Hose Station.JPG
Former Fire Hall No. 3, Toronto

Canada

China

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Hong Kong

Italy

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

New Zealand

Philippines

Parque de Bombas de Ponce, Puerto Rico Parque de Bombas-Ponce Puerto Rico.jpg
Parque de Bombas de Ponce, Puerto Rico


Puerto Rico

Kostroma watchtower, Russia Kostroma watchtower.jpg
Kostroma watchtower, Russia


Russia

Central Fire Station, Singapore Central fire station singapore.JPG
Central Fire Station, Singapore

Singapore

Taiwan

United Kingdom

United States

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

Fire Station No. 12 (Birmingham, Alabama) BFRS Fire Station 12 1980.jpg
Fire Station No. 12 (Birmingham, Alabama)

Alaska

No notable fire stations known.

Arizona

Arkansas

Fayetteville Fire Department Fire Station 3 Fayetteville Fire Department Fire Station 3.JPG
Fayetteville Fire Department Fire Station 3

California

Colorado

Hose House No. 2 (Idaho Springs, Colorado) Hose House No. 2.JPG
Hose House No. 2 (Idaho Springs, Colorado)

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Fire Station Number 4 Fire Station 4, Columbus, Indiana LCCN2013650708.jpg
Fire Station Number 4

Iowa

Hope Fire Company Engine House Hope Fire Company Engine House (Toledo, Iowa).jpg
Hope Fire Company Engine House

Kansas

Kentucky

Central Fire Station (Shreveport, Louisiana) Shreveport-central-fire-station-1995.jpg
Central Fire Station (Shreveport, Louisiana)

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

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

Michigan

Calumet Fire Station Calumet Fire Station Calumet MI 2009.jpg
Calumet Fire Station

Minnesota

Tower Fire Hall, which never had any tower. Tower Fire Hall.jpg
Tower Fire Hall, which never had any tower.

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Fire department building in Alder, Montana Alder, Montana 2007.jpg
Fire department building in Alder, Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Jersey

New Hampshire

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Columbus

Oklahoma

Oregon

Hope Hose Co. No. 6 and Fellowship Engine Co. No. 29 HopeHoseCoNo6&FellowshipEngineCoNo29.jpg
Hope Hose Co. No. 6 and Fellowship Engine Co. No. 29

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Residential-style Holly Street Fire Hall HollyStFireHallNashville.jpg
Residential-style Holly Street Fire Hall

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Washington, D.C.

Vatican City

Vatican City fire station Fire station Vatican 12.jpg
Vatican City fire station

See also

Disambiguation lists of fire stations:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central Fire Station (Davenport, Iowa)</span> United States historic place

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hose Station No. 7</span> United States historic place

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hose Station No. 4</span> United States historic place

Hose Station No. 4 is located in the Village of East Davenport in Davenport, Iowa, United States. It is a contributing property of the Davenport Village Historic District that has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1980. The fire station was individually listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1993. It is one of two old fire stations on the east side of the city that are still in existence. The other one is Hose Station No. 3. The building sits adjacent to Lindsay Park and now houses the International Fire Museum.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Engine Company Number Nine Firehouse</span> United States historic place

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ethan Allen Engine Company No. 4</span> United States historic place

The Ethan Allen Engine Company No. 4 is a historic former fire and police station at 135 Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Built in 1887 for a private fire company, it is a fine local example of 19th-century commercial architecture. It served the city as a fire and police station until the 1960s, and is now used as a commercial space. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and is a contributing property to the City Hall Park Historic District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sauk City Fire Station</span> Historic fire station in Sauk City, Wisconsin

The Sauk City Fire Station, begun in 1862, housed the city's early fire department, and served as a center of the community. Today it is one of the oldest fire stations in Wisconsin. It looks much like it did in 1870 - a gable-roofed building with a hose-drying tower. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Central Ohio Fire Museum</span> Fire museum in Columbus, Ohio

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