Old Perth Fire Station, Heritage site in Australia
The Old Perth Fire Station is now a museum dedicated to firefighting history in the city. The building houses historical equipment and vehicles that show how firefighters worked and lived.
The brigade operated from the undercroft of Perth Town Hall until land at Murray and Irwin streets was bought for £3,125 in 1899. Michael Cavanagh designed the station, completed in December 1900 and occupied on 1 January 1901. Additions by James Learmonth Ochiltree in 1914 added a boardroom, offices, an apparatus room and an ambulance shed.
The building reflects how Perth organized firefighting and valued this public service throughout its growth. Visitors can sense the importance this institution held for the city's development.
The location is easy to find and offers accessible entry to the exhibits inside. It is helpful to allow time to explore the different rooms and displays at your own pace.
The 1914 extension added a boardroom, offices, an apparatus room, an ambulance shed and chief officers' quarters. Much of it was built by the brigade's own tradesmen, who reused material from a school building that stood on the purchased Irwin Street block.
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