Our History

    The British Military stationed in St. George's were responsible for all the fire fighting in the area until around 1927. The British Military would then present the Corporation of St. George's a bill for their services.
    In the early part of 1927 a proposal was made to the corporation that it should purchase its own fire truck. The corporation contacted the Merry weather Company of London, England and purchased their first truck for the sum of £705.00.
    Two years latter in 1929, a building was constructed to house this new fire truck, which had a pump and 500 ft. of house. This building also housed various other equipment to fight fires.
    In 1930 two Fire Wardens, and four Sub Wardens were selected by the corporation. They also adopted new regulation and choose one of the Fire Wardens to be in command. As time progressed Engineers and Firemen were also selected. By November of that year it could be said that the St. George's Volunteer Fire Brigade had evolved.
    The Fire Station has had several homes. Before 1767 a large lot of land located on Rose Hill was owned by the then Governor George Breuer. He gave this land to his son William in 1776. IN the 1780's William Breuer's brother in law President Henry Tucker, acquired the land along with the Wellesley Lodge. President Henry Tuckers wife Frances then sold every thing to John and Frances Lewis in 1810. This large lot of land which ran from thru Duke of York Street up Rose Hill stood empty. Then in 1854 it was purchased by John Tudor Tucker. In the 1860's it was subdivided and a house with stables complex were built at the northern end. Today this building houses the Corporation work shops on the upper level and the Fire Station on the lower.

The St. George Fire Brigade had 19 members and 8 probationary members. In total their are 27 fire personal, 26 men and 1 lady. All of the member of the brigade where volunteers except for the Chief. The station has a total of 7 vehicles, of which 5 are available for response and 2 are retired.

Times moves on:

On the 1st April 2007 the Bermuda Government decided to merge all 3 fire services into 1 by an act of parliament. The St. George's Volunteer Fire Brigade, the Airport Fire Department, operated by a company called Serco, and the Bermuda Fire Service where merged into the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service. The St. George's Volunteer Fire Brigade was renamed Eastern Volunteer Operations Division. The Airport is now called the Airport Operation Division. The Clear Water Fire Station will soon be closed and moved to the Airport Operation Division.

The members of the St. George Fire Brigade aired their disapproval of the merge. Although the members where promised many things some of them decided to pursue other things. Today their are 2 Luitenants, 3 Sergeants, and 5 Fire Fighters. Chief Adderly was told "to many cooks spoil the broth". He now works for the Bermuda Electric Light Company. Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service has assigned to our station a few new sets of breathing apparatus to replace older sets that they deemed where out dated. Also due to their up dating of their radio system. They have replaced our vehicle radios and provided us with 4 portable radios.

East 2 is a Mac Pumper that was built in 1960 it is 46 years old. It carries 600 gals of water and pumped 1000 gpm. It originally had a diesel engine that was replaced with a gas engine shortly after it arrived. East 2 was retired from service in 2002.

    East 3 is a Nissan cab and chase. It was built by Marque Corporation in 1992. It was designed by ourselves so that it can be driven up all the narrow street of the town of St. George except 2 of them. It has 300 gals. of water and 35 gals of foam. The pump is rear mount and delivers 750 gem. Their are 4 x 2 1/2" outlets. One 4 1/2" suction, One 2 1/2" suction and 2 1/2" direct tank fill. On the front of this truck is one 2" outlet that can deliver foam or water. This out let has a 2 1/2" connection. All compartment have roller doors. This is our front line pumper. It also has 2 x 1 1/2" preconnected lines.

        East 4 is a Renault van and was purchased by the St. George Fire Brigade Association in 2005. It is primary job is for rescue and support.

         East 5 is a Ford Transit Van. It was used for rescue and support. At the end of 2005 it was also retired.

East 6 is a Mazda 4 x 4 pickup for utility jobs.