HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
Central Fire Station was built and completed in 1908 under the supervision of the Fire Brigade superintendent, Montague Pett. It was a modern central fire station, whose design included garage space for the first motorized fire engines, staff quarters and a host of time saving devices as well as a watchtower.
The setting up of Central Fire Station was significant in Singapore’s history as it marked a new beginning and growth of the Singapore Fire Brigade. Since then, the Fire Brigade has consistently grown and improved. Standards of operations rose to a professional level and the degree of fire-related damage fell significantly.
It became so invaluable that during the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese retained British firemen in their jobs, who were thus spared incarceration.
The Central Fire Station was gazetted as a national monument on 18 December 1998.
Central Fire Station was built and completed in 1908 under the supervision of the Fire Brigade superintendent, Montague Pett. It was a modern central fire station, whose design included garage space for the first motorized fire engines, staff quarters and a host of time saving devices as well as a watchtower.
The setting up of Central Fire Station was significant in Singapore’s history as it marked a new beginning and growth of the Singapore Fire Brigade. Since then, the Fire Brigade has consistently grown and improved. Standards of operations rose to a professional level and the degree of fire-related damage fell significantly.
It became so invaluable that during the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese retained British firemen in their jobs, who were thus spared incarceration.
The Central Fire Station was gazetted as a national monument on 18 December 1998.
OUR TRAVELOGUE:
Positioned next to MICA Building sits the oldest colonial civic fire station in Singapore that is built in neo classical style.
During Japanese Occupation, the fire station and its fire fighters were left unharmed as the Japanese recognized the value of keeping such a service intact.
If you happen to be at Clark Quay, you may want to take some time to visit the Civil Defense Heritage gallery which showcases the different equipment used in the past to present.
"Its squirting time!"
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