Vadodara’s Central Fire Station, famously known as Agni Shaman Kendra (Agni Shanti Kendra) is located near Sursagar lake. Arvind Rai Keshavlal Vaishnav was the first chief fire officer of the Fire Brigade of Vadodara. The building was inaugurated on 30th March 1953, by the then Prime Minister of Maharashtra, Mr. Sutariya. Arvindrai Vaishnav was presented with President’s Medal on 26th January 1971, for his excellent services to the fire brigade.
The fire station was a three-storeyed building with a clock on top. It covered an area of 3600 sq. feet had the capacity to park 8 fire-brigade trucks on the ground floor. In 2013, the top floor of the building was brought down. Subsequently, in 2017, the entire building was demolished by VMC as a part of the road-widening project. Ever since the demolition of the building, the fire trucks have come to be parked in the same place where the building once stood!!!
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