A major federal funding announcement affecting the Welland Central Fire Station will be made Wednesday, May 19, 2021.

The Central Station Education Initiative, which leases the century-old heritage-designated fire hall from the City of Welland, is renovating and upgrading the three-storey station as...

For almost 90 years full-time and volunteer firefighters slid down two brass fire poles, scrambled along oak stairs, jumped onto trucks and sped out of Central Fire Station.

They fought fires large and small in houses, businesses, schools, apartment buildings, at factories and on farms. They res...

The process of building the Central Fire Station in 1920 was similar to construction of today’s new fire halls in Niagara --- but perhaps, a little quicker.

On Dec. 17, 1920, with the official opening of the Central Fire Station, firefighting and public safety in Welland rolled into the 20th Century.

On December 8th, CHCH aired a story talking about the restoration project and request for donations to help complete the project.