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Fire crews return home after building upgrades

Alex PopeNorthamptonshire
News imageNorthamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service Six firefighters standing outside a large building, by a fire engine. Two are in black and the rest are in beige fire outfits, holding helmets. There are four large red doors behind them. Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service
Crews are now back again working from The Mounts Fire Station

Firefighters have returned to their original home after essential work was completed.

Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue moved crews from the Mounts in central Northampton to Mereway on the edge of town on 18 August - and returned on Monday.

The station, the oldest in Northamptonshire, needed urgent electrical upgrades that could not be carried out safely while the crews were operating from the building, the service said.

The Mounts fire station in Upper Mounts opened on the site of a former jail on 30 July 1935.

News imageThe exterior of the Mounts fire station building in Northampton. It is built from stone blocks and rises over six floors. A Union Jack flag is hanging from one side of the building.
The Mounts fire station in central Northampton is 90 years old

The Mounts station had its facade restored earlier this year.

Some of the Bath stone used in the original construction was worked on, with repairs also carried out on a Northampton crest above the bay doors.

The electrical repair work started on 18 August and took about four weeks to complete.

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