News Story
The Grey Lynn Fire Station was officially opened this afternoon by the Chairman of the Board of the New Zealand Fire Service Commission, Hon. Paul Swain. The station's at the western end of Williamson Avenue in contrast to the first fire station built in the district in 1889 at the other end of Williamson Avenue, on the Rose Road apex. This fact was not lost on either Paul Swain nor the Minister of Internal Affairs, Peter Dunne, who said locations of fire stations change to meet community risks and expectations: much the same reason as the whole fire service is presently undergoing major reform. The state-of-the-art station, they said, is ideally placed to serve for many years as part of the proposed streamlined and more meaningful organisation
