Indian Orchard Oak st. Fire station

In 1887 a one-horse hose reel and an Amoskeag fire engine, the latter 
originally purchased by the city in 1862 was located at the Pynchon 
Street and Indian Orchard Stations.



The long history of the Oak st. station began in 1897 when it was 

built followed by an addition in 1906, and encompasses the 

developments of fire fighting techniques that saw modernization

 in both training and equipment to the professionalization of the

 occupation. As the passage above notes, it was also preceded by 

an older station located on Worcester st.

in a building that in time would become the

Police station 

.

The site was used as a station until the construction of the
 current I.O. station in the corner of 
Pasco Rd. and Odessa st. in the 1970s. 




The  current fire station is located on Odessa st.
Until recently,the Oak st. station was used as a working staging 
area and storage for the city's public works department.






The Fire department also operates a training center in 

Indian Orchard located in Grochmal st.