Hayle Fire Station...REALLY!!!!

Back in 2004 this mocked up Reliant Robin took pride of place in the Hayle Illuminated Carnival, a satirical 'dig' at the authorities who had resisted siting a Fire Station in Hayle since they closed the temporary one at the end of World War 2!!

Today Cornwall Council's Scrutiny Committee unanimously approved proposals for new Fire Stations in the West of Cornwall with a new Hub to replace Camborne and Redruth Fire Stations, AND a Community Fire Station at Hayle sited in Commercial Road Car Park, opposite the Cornish Arms pub!

It will include facilities for joint use by Ambulance and local Police if they decide to come on board.

A lot of work has gone into this over YEARS by successive councils and concerned members of the Hayle Community, and now Hayle's Cornwall Councillors John Coombe and John Pollard have been able to play a part in bringing this about at last.

Now lets see how soon this can be built!!!

(...and will someone please tell Geoffrey Holman!!!)

Hayle DID have a Fire Station..in WW2!

Well, it turns out that the mysterious stone/concrete circle on Merchant Curnow's Quay is the base of a World War 2 water tank for the temporary Fire Brigade that was grudgingly set up by the then district council at Penzance on the order of the government.

Water tanks were situated at useful points to top up the tenders in case mains water supply was disrupted by bombing, remember that during the war, Hayle still had a Power Station, a decent working harbour, and factories around the harbour doing important war work (including vital fuel additives for RAF)

It was sited at the east end of Hayle Causeway in what was later known as Blue Star Garage and is now a Tempest Photography factory.

Once the war ended, the district council rushed to disband Hayle's Fire Brigade, and the town has stated unprotected until now, when there are moves that could being a modern Fire Station to Hayle and revamp local services to improve cover and public safety.