Windsor Fire Stations Histories

Fire Station No. 2 – July 1955

In a firehouse ritual that continues to this day, Saturday morning is “washout day” at least once a month at Windsor’s fire stations. Weather permitting, of…

Windsor’s Only “Centennial” Fire Station

The Windsor Fire Department and its modern-day successor, Windsor Fire & Rescue Services, has occupied some 18 fire stations in its more than 150 years of…

WFRS Apparatus & Training Division Complex, 2885 Kew Drive

“The Shops”

Fire engines are complex, sophisticated machines that require a high level of care and maintenance to meet the critical demands of emergency service. Motors, pumps, and…

Former Riverside Fire Hall became Windsor's first Station #7

Fire Station No. 7

Only two Windsor fire stations – the second one opened just last year – have borne the “lucky” No. 7. Until January 1, 1966 the Windsor…

Former Sandwich Fire Hall, 363 Mills Street

Fire Station No. 6

During the 1970s, the Windsor Fire Department (as it was formerly known) embarked on a major new fire station relocation and construction program. Under the able…

Fire Station No. 5

As the city prospered and grew through the 18th and 19th centuries, Windsor expanded lineally -- to the east and west -- along the banks of…

Fire Station 4, 744 Langlois Avenue, ca. 1936

Fire Station No. 4

Over the past three-quarters of a century, the Windsor Fire Department has had just two fire stations that bore the number 4.As the second decade of…

Former Station 3 at 1855 Turner Rd. served W.F.D. from 1935-1972

Fire Station No. 3

Good things it is said, come in threes – and so it is that the Windsor Fire Department has, historically, occupied three fire stations bearing that…

East side of old Station 2 with two service bays

Fire Station No.2

In most cities, Fire Station No. 1 is Fire Department Headquarters – a municipal showcase housing the largest complement of fire apparatus (including the Chief’s car)…

Pitt Street Headquarters Station 1928-1970

Headquarters – “THE BIG HOUSE”

Over the past 125 years, the Windsor Fire Department – now Windsor Fire & Rescue Services -- has occupied just three headquarters fire stations in its…

Headquarters Station, 1928

Headquarters Station, 1928 Not long after the Windsor Fire Department moved into its impressive new Headquarters Fire Station on Pitt St. E. in 1928, Chief Clarence…