Windsor Fire Stations Histories

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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,[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]

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[…]