Queens Park Fire Station - Municipal Heritage Inventory - City of Canning Cannington, Western Australia, Australia
By jinta29 on 22-Jan-18. Waypoint GA11868

Please post a picture of the Fire Station in your log

DESCRIPTION 

The Fire Station is a single storey brick and tile building which is setback approximately 7 metres from the street boundary. Originally the building featured face brick with a partially rendered entrance portico, with a decorative parapet. More recently, the front façade has been painted white in its entirety with feature red lettering, which states ‘FIRE STATION W.A.F.B.B’. Glass bricks have been installed in the entrance portico so it no longer provides access to the building. The building has a hipped roof form. Windows facing the street are casement with led light detailing and flat concrete awnings above. Machinery from the Station is in the front garden.

HISTORICAL INFORMATION 

By 1911 the population of the Queens Park District had grown to 1,027 with 251 dwellings in the district. As a considerable quantity of the houses were made from weatherboard and as there was a substantial amount of virgin bush fire was a risk. In response to growing concerns about outbreaks of fire the Queens Park Volunteer Fire Brigade was formed in 1910. 

The first headquarters was at the Woodlupine Hall. In 1937 negotiations were undertaken with the Roads Board and Fire Brigades Board for the erection of a new fire station and quarters. This was completed in 1943. The men proceeded to erect a lookout and drying tower for their hoses and laid out a grass track for demonstration purposes. 

In 1971 permanent fire fighters were appointed by the W.A Fire Brigade Board who took over fire fighting duties. On the same day the volunteers brigade officially disbanded. An increase in population created the need for a new fire station to be opened in Canning Vale in 1989.