Central Fire Station at the corner of Bedford and Troy Streets is a relic of the past that still serves the same function today, sheltering the Fall River Fire Department, and until recently, the city’s Emergency Medical Services. 

The station that was built in 1920s has remained operable for some hundred years, and for the last 25 of them, Fire Chief Jeffrey Bacon said at a Jan. 13 City Council Committee on Finance meeting, the city has promised updates that now seem more “myth” than reality. Firefighters’ Local 1314 Union President Michael O’Reagan informed councilors that the building’s basement is “loaded with asbestos.” 

The historic building is considered “the worst in the state,” Bacon added. 

In July, the council heard plans to repoint the brick and replace windows and medallions on the side of the station facing Troy Street.

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