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In 1888, the Singapore Fire Brigade was established as a fully-equipped professional brigade with sufficient funding. By 1909, there were a total of three built stations servicing Singapore, namely Central Fire Station at Hill Street, Cross Street and Kallang Fire Stations. In 1980, the brigade was officially renamed the Singapore Fire Service ...
The Civil Defence Heritage Gallery housed in Central Fire Station showcases the history of firefighting in Singapore, and trace the developments of civil defence in Singapore from the 19th century till the present day. [4] The gallery was proposed in 1995 and construction started alongside the renovation of the Central Fire Station.
Bukit Timah Fire Station was built and opened on 25 October 1956 as one of 3 fire stations post-World War II built by the Singapore Fire Brigade. [7] Plans to build a fire station in Bukit Timah were announced in 1954 as it was an industrial area and would provide fire protection. [8] [9] Bukit Timah Fire Station ceased operations in 2005 and ...
The Bukit Ho Swee fire [a] was a conflagration that broke out in the squatter settlement of Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore on 25 May 1961. This fire resulted in 4 deaths and injured another 54. It also destroyed more than 2,800 houses around the Bukit Ho Swee area, leaving around 16,000 people homeless. The cause of this conflagration was never ...
This is a list of fire departments in the world. A fire department or fire brigade also known as a fire and rescue service or fire service is a public or private organization that provides firefighting , rescue and emergency medical services for a certain jurisdiction , which is typically a municipality , county or fire protection district.
The Singapore Fire Brigade was formed. 1892: The Tanjong Pagar Police Station opens, and many Sikh policemen were recruited. Holy Innocents' High School was established. 1893: 30 August: William Edward Maxwell was appointed as the Acting Governor of the Straits Settlements. 1894: 1 February
During the colonial era, Singapore's fire fighting duty came under the Singapore Fire Brigade. By 1909, three fire stations were set up across Singapore, including the now-demolished Kallang Fire Station (not to be confused with the similarly-named new Kallang Fire Station on Guillemard Close). [109]
Volunteer troops training with a Lewis machine gun, November 1941. The Corps was involved in the defence of Singapore during the Second World War. As international tensions heightened during the 1930s, an increasing number of men of the various nationalities in the Settlements — predominantly European, Malay, Chinese, Indian and Eurasian — joined the SSVF.