Fire Department / Fire Stations

See Andover Historical Society

1833 Town Meeting Voted $365 to build an engine house on Essex Street

1924 Town Fire Department was established with Charles Emerson appointed as the first Fire Chief. By then "horses had become a thing of the past."

See

• "1924" Andover, What It Was, What It Is: 300th Anniversary, May 30 - June 2, 1946, (974.45 And)

1829 Town established the Friendly Fire Society

1862 The Friendly Fire Society was renamed the Shawsheen Steam Fire Engine Company.

1895 The Ballardvale Station was relocated to the corner of Andover Street and Clark Road.

1966 A new fire station was built in West Andover on Chandler Road.

See

• Richardson Andover Century of Change

Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996 by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 194.

2002 September Main Street Fire Station was razed and a new public safety center was constructed that is shared with the Police.

2006 There are three fire stations in Andover:

• Central Headquarters at 32 Main Street
• West Fire Substation at 200 Greenwood Road
• Ballardvale Fire Substation at 1 Clark Road

See

• Andover Fire Rescue

--Eleanor 15:34, August 23, 2006 (EDT)

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--Eleanor 09:43, September 9, 2006 (EDT)

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