AGY-3761 | Darlinghurst Fire Station

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Darlinghurst Brigade was formed with permanent staff on 1 May 1896 at 250 Victoria Street and was Brigade Number 4.(1) The Brigade consisted of a detachment of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade with a hose carriage and other suitable equipment. Telephone fire alarms were run from the station as far as Darling Point and Potts Point.(2) A Government architect station on the corner of Darlinghurst Road and Victoria Street opened on 22 January 1912 and this continued to be the site of the Darlinghurst station in the year 2000.(3) ENDNOTES
1. Annual Report of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales for 1896, p3; Colin Adrian, Fighting Fire A Century of Service 1884-1984, Allen & Unwin, 1984, p248.
2. Annual Report of the Board of Fire Commissioners of New South Wales for 1896, p3.
3. List of Fire Stations on the NSW Fire Brigades website, the website was accessed on 7 August 2000 but the list has since been removed from the website. The list’s web address was: www.nswfb.nsw.gov.au/a…/stations_all.asp?Search_string=GET+FULL+LISTING. Copy on State Records File 00/384