Fire Department / Fire Stations
1829 Engine House built for the Friendly Fire Service, a private company.
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1833 Town Meeting Voted $365 to build an engine house on Essex Street
1862 The Friendly Fire Society was renamed the Shawsheen Steam Fire Engine Company.
1895 The Ballardvale Station was relocated to the corner of Andover Street and Clark Road.
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- Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996 by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 194.
1924 Town Fire Department was established with Charles Emerson appointed as the first Fire Chief. By then "horses had become a thing of the past."
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- "1924," Andover, What It Was, What It Is: 300th Anniversary, May 30 - June 2, 1946, (974.45 And)
1966 A new fire station was built in West Andover on Chandler Road.
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- Richardson Andover Century of Change
Andover a Century of Change:1896 - 1996 by Eleanor Motley Richardson, (974.45 Ric), page 194.
2002 - In September Main Street Fire Station was razed and a new public safety center was constructed; bot the fire and police are housed in the facility.
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- Eagle Tribune, September 17, 2002
2006 There are three fire stations in Andover:
- Central Headquarters at 32 Main Street
- West Fire Substation at 200 Greenwood Road
- Ballardvale Fire Substation at 1 Clark Road
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--Eleanor 15:34, August 23, 2006 (EDT)
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