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The present station building was constructed in [[1961]]. In [[2009]] Mayor [[Larry Langford]] toured the station and immediately ordered a major refurbishing of it and 30 other stations.
The present station building was constructed in [[1961]]. In [[2009]] Mayor [[Larry Langford]] toured the station and immediately ordered a major refurbishing of it and 30 other stations.


On April 27, 2011, a tornado that tore its way from [[Tuscaloosa]] to [[Fultondale]] damaged the station on its way through Pratt City. The firemen are currently being housed in a FEMA facility until the station can be repaired or replaced.
On [[April 27]], [[2011]], a [[April 2011 tornado outbreak|tornado]] that tore its way from [[Tuscaloosa]] to [[Fultondale]] damaged the station on its way through Pratt City. The station was temporarily housed in a FEMA facility. Ground was broken for a new $2 million station on [[July 30]], [[2013]].


==Equipment==
==Equipment==
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==References==
==References==
* Gray, Jeremy (October 22, 2009) "Five-alarm fixer-uppers." ''Birmingham News''
* Gray, Jeremy (October 22, 2009) "Five-alarm fixer-uppers." '{{BN}}


==External links==
==External links==
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[[Category:1961 buildings]]
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[[Category:Pratt City]]

Revision as of 12:32, 30 July 2013

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Birmingham Fire Station No. 18 is located at 200 Dugan Avenue and serves Pratt City and the Daniel Payne area.

Kelly Ingram worked from Station No. 18 from 1908 until he re-enlisted in the Navy in 1912.

The present station building was constructed in 1961. In 2009 Mayor Larry Langford toured the station and immediately ordered a major refurbishing of it and 30 other stations.

On April 27, 2011, a tornado that tore its way from Tuscaloosa to Fultondale damaged the station on its way through Pratt City. The station was temporarily housed in a FEMA facility. Ground was broken for a new $2 million station on July 30, 2013.

Equipment

  • Engine 18

References

External links

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