Vadodara’s Central Fire Station, famously known as Agni Shanti Kendra, is situated near Sursagar Lake. The station was inaugurated on March 30, 1953, by the then Prime Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Sutariya. Arvind Rai Keshavlal Vaishnav served as the first chief fire officer of Vadodara’s Fire Brigade. For his outstanding service, Arvindrai Vaishnav was awarded the President’s Medal on January 26, 1971.
Initially a three-storey building adorned with a clock tower, the fire station covered an area of 3600 square feet and could accommodate up to 8 fire-brigade trucks on its ground floor. Unfortunately, the top floor was dismantled in 2013, and the entire building was later demolished by VMC in 2017 as part of a road-widening project. Since then, the fire trucks have been parked on the same spot where the building once stood.
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