Old St Margaret's Fire Station - Reach Road, St Margaret's, Kent
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The former village Fire Station at St Margaret's nr Dover, Kent.
Waymark Code: WMM7B6
Location: South East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/04/2014
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The former Fire Station in the village of St Margaret's at Cliffe nr Dover,
Kent. The village of
St Margaret's had had its own fire station from 1896, when a hand-cart was
manned by volunteer firemen who were residents of the village. At the start of
the 20th Century, a second fire shed was constructed on the beach where there
was a small community existing of hotels, cafés and housing.
In 1936 the village purchased its first motor fire engine and stationed it next
to the Hope Inn in the village centre. The Auxiliary Fire Service took the
station over in 1939 and at the outbreak of WWII the Royal Marines based in the
village manned the two fire engines that were stationed there. In 1945 it
reverted to the National Fire Service and in 1948, with the disbandment of the
NFS, Kent Fire Brigade took over.
This former station was newly built
in 1970 in Reach Road, and St Margaret's became one of the first fire stations
in Kent to alert the crew by Pocket Alerter instead of the traditional siren.
Kent Fire Brigade was rebranded Kent Fire & Rescue Service on 1 October 2003.
The station closed on 1 April 2012 along with nine other fire stations in Kent
due to restructuring by Kent Fire & Rescue Service