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    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 course, the apparatus is[…]

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    Station 4 as it looked ca. 1936.

    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 existence. The first was[…]

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    “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 aerial devices must always[…]

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    Fire Station No. 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 Fire Department had five[…]

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    Fire Station No. 6

    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 leadership of Fire Chief[…]

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    Fire Station No. 5

    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 the Detroit River. From[…]

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    Fire Station No. 4

    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 the new century unfolded,[…]

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    Fire Station No. 3

    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 number.Prior to the motorization[…]

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    Fire Station No.2

    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) as well as the[…]

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    Headquarters – “THE BIG HOUSE”

    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 long and history. Housing[…]

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    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 DeFields arranged to have a panoramic photo[…]

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