| Name: | West Mersea old fire station 2 |
| Address: | Melrose Road |
| Town: | Mersea Island |
| Brigade: | Essex |
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Latitude/Longitude: | 0.000000 North
00.000000 East |
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Michael Bissett-Powell
Not shown on available maps July 2012
http://www.westmersea.org/index.cfm/id/40:
THE FIRE BRIGADE - WEST MERSEA
West Mersea Firemen are a part time force under the control of Essex County Council
Brief History of the Fire Service
Mersea Fire Brigade began in a shed on the corner of Melrose Road - it was manned by 12 part time volunteers. The first Fire Engine was a hand cart and firemen were summoned by one of them cycling round the island blowing a bugle. In 1935 they fund raised and purchased their first proper Fire Engine - a Dennis - and new Headquarters were built in Melrose Road (now the Scout HQ). The Fire Station moved in 1973 to Barfield Road when the 999 system and personal pagers came into use.
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