News Story
Preparations are underway to vacate the present Ponsonby Fire Station. From next week the district will be served from a brand new state-of-the-art station on Williamson Avenue at the corner of Northland Street, towards Great North Road. The move from Ponsonby Road means that after 90 years there'll no longer be a fire station on the corner of Lincoln Street. The first, opened in 1924, was a four-bay brick building complete with living accommodation for firefighters and their families. It was replaced by the present six-bay station in 1980. Ironically, firefighters are returning to Williamson Avenue, a street which had one of the district's original fire stations from 1899 until 1923. It survives as a restaurant at Rose Road corner.
