The new Ramsgate fire station. Photo taken by Daisy-May Stillman (aged 10)

Whole-time crews and 14 on-call firefighters now call the new station in Newington Road home, and together they’ll provide an emergency response 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

It’s also a base for the British Red Cross, which has a vehicle in the bays alongside the fire engines ready to respond to incidents where the charity’s support is needed.

In addition, the station provides space that other agencies, such as police and the ambulance service, can use.

A little piece of the old station’s history has made it’s way to the Newington Road site, in the form of a mould of the original Effingham Street station plaque which now sits in the new station’s entrance.

The earliest record we have of a fire station in Ramsgate is dated 1878 in York Street, before relocating to Effingham Street in 1905, and 113 years later moving to its now new home, Newington Road.

See how the new station compares to the old one: