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[[Image:BirminghamFireStation6.jpg|right|375px|thumb|Station No. 6]]
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'''Birmingham Fire Station No. 6''', located at 317 [[15th Street North]], is home to the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service]]'s Fire Prevention Bureau as well as fire dispatch, commonly known as Fire Alarm.


'''Birmingham Fire Station No. 6''', located at 317 [[15th Street North]], is home to the [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service]]'s Fire Prevention Bureau as well as fire dispatch, commonly known as Fire Alarm.  The station was relocated from 1501 [[3rd Avenue North]].
The original station, constructed in [[1905]] at 1501 [[3rd Avenue North]], is the oldest Birmingham fire station still standing. From [[1983]] to [[2020]] it was the home of the [[Firehouse Shelter]], an emergency homeless shelter.
 
The original location, constructed in [[1905]], is the oldest Birmingham fire station still standing. It currently serves as an emergency homeless shelter and headquarters of the [[Firehouse Shelter]].


==Equipment==
==Equipment==

Revision as of 15:00, 19 April 2020

Station No. 6

Birmingham Fire Station No. 6, located at 317 15th Street North, is home to the Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service's Fire Prevention Bureau as well as fire dispatch, commonly known as Fire Alarm.

The original station, constructed in 1905 at 1501 3rd Avenue North, is the oldest Birmingham fire station still standing. From 1983 to 2020 it was the home of the Firehouse Shelter, an emergency homeless shelter.

Equipment

  • Engine 6
  • Rescue 6
  • Battalion 2

External links

  • Birmingham Fire Station No. 6 at Birmingham Retired Firefighters of Local 117 website
  • Satterfield, Carolyn Green (1976) "Historic Sites of Jefferson County, Alabama" Jefferson County Historical Commission