The Reliance and Central Fire Stations of Holyoke were and are the headquarters of the Holyoke fire department.
Reliance Station (edition 2) housed Reliance Engine Company 1 (from at least 1886 onward) and Hook and Ladder Company 1 and had from at least 1899 to 1914 the following:
- Button steam engine
- 3 horse dispatch wagon
- steamer and hose wagon
- chemical engine 1
- Hayes aerial ladder and truck (70 feet) (Hook and Ladder)
Central Fire Station (edition 1) from at least 1914 to 1935:
- Despatch Company 1-A (an American LaFrance combination hose and chemical automobile)
- Hose Company 1-B (an American LaFrance combination hose and chemical automobile)
- Pumping (or Hose) Company 1-C (1000 gallon combination pump and hose Seagrave automobile)
- Truck Company 1 (aerial 75 foot ladder with American LaFrance tractor)
- Amoskeag steam fire engine 1st class
- Amoskeag engine 3rd class
From at least 1949 to 1957, headquarters had engine 1 and 7 and truck 1 (an aerial ladder).
Sanborn map analysis:
Sanborn 1884 map called the Fire Engine and the Hook & Ladder House [Reliance edition 1]
Sanborn 1889 map called the Steamer & Hose Cart and the Hook & Ladder Truck [Reliance edition 2]
Sanborn 1895 map called the Engine & Hose Cart and the Hook & Ladder Truck [Reliance edition 2]
Sanborn 1915 map called Central Fire Station (edition 1)