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...
MEMORY No. 1
Platoon Chief recalls training, wildlife invasions and fine people
I worked as a professional firefighter out of Central Fire Hall from 1996 to when it closed in 2006. As for memories, I have many. From the first time I slid down a brass pole from the 2nd floor, to waking up in...
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...
