Wingate Lane South
Wheatley Hill
DH6 3NA
United Kingdom
Overview
Stephen McLaughlan
Business Fire Safety Officer
Telephone: 07730 456724
Email: smclaughlan@ddfire.gov.uk
Please contact our Community Safety Team on 0345 2234221
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History
1948
Appraisal of the facilities at the fire station at Wolmerhausen Street, Wheatley Hill in the official report on the formation of Brigade was:
Two condemned houses in immediate danger of collapse. A new station required as a matter of urgency.
1954
A temporary fire station at Quetlaw Road was constructed. The station bay garage was a corrugated-iron construction with a brick façade at the front in an ex Ministry of Works hut.
1989
A two appliance bay station with training tower was opened in July 1989. The temporary station served the community for thirty five years.