Stations
Macau's fire brigade began with a single station in 1883 and had three by 1916:
- Station 1 - Central
- Station 2 - avenida Almirante Sergio
- Station 3 - avenida Horta e Costa
There are 7 fire stations in Macau as of 2011:
Mainland
- Lago Sai Van (Avenuda Dr Stanley Ho)- modern 5 storey building housing fire and ambulance operations; located next to Lago Sai Van; completed 2006 and home to fire services headquarters
- Areia Preta (bounded by Dr Franciso V Mac Avenida Do and Marginal Da Areia Preta Estrada Nordeste Avenuda Do and Nova Da Areia Preta Rua) - second station on mainland
Taipa
- Taipa (Rua Siu Kuan, Nossa Senhora do Carmo) - fire and ambulance depot; fire training tower
- Airport Division - 2 stations at the airport with one main depot (along runway) and one sub-depot (next to north end of terminal)
Coloane
- (Estrada Do Alto De Coloane) smallest fire station in the area
Cotai
- newest fire station being constructed 2009-2010
Central Command Centre and Museum is a two storey colonial building formerly Station 1 and fire headquarters.
Read more about this topic: Corpo De Bombeiros De Macau
Famous quotes containing the word stations:
“The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.”
—William Jones (1746–1794)
“After I was married a year I remembered things like radio stations and forgot my husband.”
—P. J. Wolfson, John L. Balderston (1899–1954)
“mourn
The majesty and burning of the child’s death.
I shall not murder
The mankind of her going with a grave truth
Nor blaspheme down the stations of the breath”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)