Originally home to four fire companies, downtown's Central Fire Station opened on May 15, 1926. The two-story structure replaced the original Central Station at 108 W. Gaston Street.

One of the features of the new station was a Gamewell alarm and recording system connected to the city's 40-plus alarm boxes, and which silenced the fire bell at the old W. Gaston Street location.

The new station also housed a garage, and had a training tower. Both were supplanted in October 1956, when a Training and Maintenance Center opened at 1512 N. Church Street.

Both Central Station and Station 3 closed in 1980, when a new Station 1 opened at 1514 N. Church Street. Engine 3 became Engine 1, responding north; Engine 2, from Central Station, responded south.

The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
 

Built with funds from a bond issue approved in 1947, Station 3 was located at 2313 Vine Street, now named Yanceyville Street. It first housed a pair of American LaFrance pumpers, a 1948 and a 1932 reserve.

The station protected Mill Village, a large residential area that included the Cones Mills' plants.  It closed in 1980 and Engine 3 was relocated to a new Station 1 at 1514 N. Church Street. A new Station 3 opened in 2001 at 4854 Lake Jeanette Road.
 

The second quarters of the volunteer Southside Hose Company was built between 1902 and 1907 at 414 Asheboro Street, now named Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The two-story station originally housed a horse-drawn hose wagon.

In 1964, Engine 4 was relocated to 401 Gorrell Street. The new station housed Greensboro's first African-American firefighters until the department integrated in November 1967.
 

The first quarters of the volunteer West End Hose Company was located at 547 S. Mendenhall Street, now numbered 549 S. Mendenhall. The two-story station originally housed a horse-drawn hose wagon.
 

Built 1919 / Closed 1964
Presently a private residence

In 1919, Station 5 was relocated one block north to a single-story building at 442 S. Mendenhall Street. It first housed a motorized engine built by the White Truck Company.
 

In 1964, Station 5 was relocated to 1618 W. Friendly Avenue. It first housed a 1955 American LaFrance pumper, a 1964 American LaFrance aerial ladder, a rescue unit, and a chief's car.

In 1992, the station was relocated one mile north to 1401 Westover Terrace, the site of Old Station 6, which was closed in 1989.

Also known as the West Lee Street Station, the single-bay bungalow first housed a refurbished 1915 American LaFrance pumper.

The station was closed in 1970 and Engine 8 was relocated to its new quarters at 2201 Chapman Street, later renamed Coliseum Boulevard.
 

Engine 11, Quint 11, and North Carolina Hazardous Materials Regional Response Team 5 are poised to move across the street to a nearly completed municipal facility at 2602 S. Elm-Eugene Street.

The $9.6 million complex, scheduled to open in January, will house the Water Resources Operations Center, a police substation, and a four-bay fire station.