Frederiksberg Fire Station

Frederiksberg Fire Station (Danish: Frederiksberg Brandstation) is one of several local fire stations operated by Copenhagen Fire Department (Hovedstadens Beredskab) in the Greater Copenhagen area. It is located on Howitzvej in Frederiksberg. The building is part of a larger complex whoch also comprises Frederiksberg Courthouse, Solbjerg Church and the former Frederiksberg Police Station.

History

The first fire station at the corner of Pile Allé (No. 2) with Frederiksberg Runddel

The first horse-drawn fire pump in Frederiksberg was acquired in 1855. It was operated manually by volunteers from the area around Pile Allé. The rapid growth of Frederiksberg's population after Frederiksberg Municipality became independent in 1857 resulted in the need for a proper and better organized fire brigade emerged when Frederiksberg's population began to grow rapidly following Frederiksberg Municipality's independence in 1857. Frederiksberg Fire Brigade was founded in 1867 and a purpose-built fire station was inaugurated on the corner of Frederiksberg Runddel and Pile Allé (Pile Allé 2) the same year. The building now houses the Storm P. Museum. The staff consisted of 21 fire officers, 224 fire fighters, four messengers, 11 coachean and 22 horses.^[1]

In 1886 the fire station moved to a new building on Lampevej (now Howitzvej) No. 6. The new fire station was located to the rear of Frederiksberg's new town hall on the corner with Falkoner Allé. Many new technologies were also introduced in the 1880s and 1890s, reducing the typical response time to approximately 10 minutes. The first steam-powered fire engine was acquired in 1898. From 1905, Frederiksberg Fire Brigade also operated a horse-drawn ambulance. It was owned by the organisation "lægevagtsstationer" but the staff came from the fire brigade's ladder team. The horse-drawn vehicles were replaced by automobiles in 1911-25. A 26 metre tall electric tower ladder was acquired in 1911 to avoid having to park petrol-powered vehicles too close to fire scenes. The first smoke protection devices were introduced in 1914 when the fire brigade purchased six German oxygene masks intended for use in the mining industry.

In 1928, an employees from the fire department named Schrøder and an engineer named van Deurs invented a method and apparatus for production of mechanical foam. Their invention was first used by Frederiksberg Fire Brigade but they obtained a worldwide patent and it was later used internationally. The fire station became too small and an architectural competition for the design of a combined fire and police station at the abandoned site of Frederiksberg Hospital a little further down Howitzvej was launched inn 1914. It was won by Gack Kampmann. Due to the outbreak of World War One and the following economic crisis, the project was not completed until 1923. Frederiksberg Fire Brigade was merged with Copenhagen Fire Brigade under the name Hovedstadens Beredskab on 1 January 2016.^[2]

Gallery

Rendering with front view. The police station is the narrow building to the left and the fire station is the larger building to the right
Floor plan of the complex

References

↑ "Brandvæsnets historie" (in Danish). Frederiksberg Brandvæsen. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
↑ "Brandvæsnets Frederiksberg Brandvæsen bliver til Hovedstadens Beredskab" (in Danish). Frederiksberg Kommune. Retrieved 27 June 2016.

External links

Architectural rendering in the Danish National Art Library

Frederiksberg (Copenhagen area)

Frederiksberg Municipality

Localities	Diakonissestiftelsen Flintholm Fuglebakken Porcelænshaven UCPH Frederiksberg Campus The White Houses

Streets and squares	Åboulevard Allégade Bülowsvej Falkoner Allé Finsensvej Frederiksberg Allé Frederiksberg Bredegade Frederiksberg Runddel Gammel Kongevej Godthåbsvej H. C. Ørsteds Vej Howitzvej Nordre Fasanvej Nyelandsvej Peter Bangs Vej Pile Allé Rosenørns Allé Roskildevej Sankt Thomas Plads Søndre Fasanvej Smallegade

Parks and open spaces	Frederiksberg Gardens Hostrups Have Lindevangsparken Royal Danish Horticultural Society's Garden Solbjerg Park Cemetery Søndermark Cemetery Søndermarken

Culture and attractions	Bakkehuset Betty Nansen Theatre Cisternerne Copenhagen Zoo Danish Revue Museum Forum Frederiksberg Town Hall Kedelhallen Møstings Hus Storm P. Museum

Education	Lycée Français Prins Henrik Copenhagen Business School Frederiksberg Gymnasium UCPH Frederiksberg Campus UC Diakonissestiftelsen Schneekloths Skole (closed)

Churches	Flintholm Church Frederiksberg Church Frederiksberg Palace Chapel Godthaab Church Immanuel Church Mariendal Church Solbjerg Church St. Luke's St. Mark's St. Thomas'

Other landmarks	Frederiksberg Åndsvageanstalt Frederiksberg Courthouse Frederiksberg Fire Station Frederiksberg Hospital Frederiksberg Palace Gimle Hostrups Have Josty Lorry Radiohuset Rolighed Store Godthab

Railway and metro stations	Fasanvej Station Flintholm Station Forum Station Frederiksberg Station Fuglebakken station KB Hallen station Lindevang Station Peter Bangs Vej station

History	Falkonergården Frederiksberg Incineration Plant Institut Jeanne d'Arc Ladegården

Coordinates: 55°40′48″N 12°31′47″E / 55.67995°N 12.52985°E / 55.67995; 12.52985

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