STATION 10
STATION 10 IS ACTUALLY THE ORIGINAL STATION 1FROM 1926.
THE STATION WAS RENOVATED IN 1966 TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AS WELL
AS A LARGER ENGINE WHICH WAS UNABLE TO BACK INTO THE SMALL ENGINE BAY.
IN 1997 THE STATION WAS AGAIN RENOVATED AS ENGINE 1 THE 1965 CROWN WAS TO BE REPLACED WITH
A MODERN ENGINE WHICH AGAIN WOULD NOT FIT IN THE CURRENT BAY.
STATION 10 AND 49 ARE THE ONLY 2 STATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENT TO STILL USE WOODEN DOORS FOR
THE APPARATUS BAYS.
STATION 10 LAST HOUSED PARAMEDIC TRUCK 1 UNTIL IT WAS DECIDED TO BRING TRUCK 1 BACK TO THE
CURRENT STATION 1 WITH ENG-1-INE.
THE OLD STATION 10 WAS DEMOLISHED IN 2008 WHEN PLANS WERE DRAWN UP TO BUILD A NEW STATION
ON THE SAME PROPERTY. THE NEW STATION WAS BUILT WITH A NOSTALGIC LOOK OF AN OLD STATION
DATING BACK TO 1932. THIS STATION WAS REOPENED AS A FULL SERVICE STATION IN SEPTEMBER OF
2009 LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF STATION 1 AND STATION 3'S TERRITORY WHERE THERE IS THE LONGEST
RESPONSE TIME. THIS STATION HAS SERVED ITS PURPOSE VERY WELL IN DEPLETING THE CALL VOLUME
PLACED ON ENGINES 1 AND 3 AND WAS BUILT WITH THE FUTURE IN MIND WITH A LARGE ENOUGH BAY
FOR EVEN THE MOST MODERN ENGINE OR TRUCK COMPANY TO BE STATIONED HERE IN THE FUTURE.
CURRENTLY STATION 10 HOUSES AND RUNS THE OPEN CAB CROWN ENGINE TO HOLD TRUE TO THE
NOSTALGIC LOOK, AND REGULARLY DOES SCHOOL TOURS OF THE STATION.
THE ABOVE PHOTOS WERE REPRINTED FROM AN UNKNOWN DATE IN 1966 ALL MEMBERS IN THE PHOTO
HAVE SINCE RETIRED. THE FIREFIGHTER IN THE FAR LEFT LT. R. LUCAS, FATHER OF THE CURRENT CHIEF
WAS THE LAST TO RETIRE IN 1996 WITH 30 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. HE BEGAN HIS
CAREER IN 1966 SHORTLY BEFORE THE ABOVE PICTURE WAS TAKEN, AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST
FIREFIGHTERS TO BECOME A PARAMEDIC NOT ONLY IN THE DEPARTMENT BUT ALSO IN THE STATE IN 1974.
HE QUICKLY MOVED UP IN RANK FROM FIREFIGHTER/MEDIC TO A LEAD MEDIC ON THE RESCUE TRUCK, AND
HELD HIS FINAL POSITION FOR 15 YEARS AS EMS CHIEF ON C-SHIFT.
RIGHT- THE REBUILT STATION 10
MODELLED AFTER A 1932 STATION.

ABOVE- ENGINE 10 ANSWERING A FIRE
ALARM WITHIN THE FIRST 12 MINUTES OF
BEING IN ITS NEW HOME, PROVING TO BE A
VERY IMPORTANT ASSET TO THE CITY.