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Proposed New Winthrop Fire Station

Town of Winthrop Information
Special Election Results (PDF)
Question #1 Firehouse
Apr. 5, 2025 - Town of Winthrop
Yes 2,955
No 1,007
Total Votes 3,962
Special Election Ballot Information - April 5, 2025
- Town of WInthrop
Pauline St. Proposal - 2025
2025 Fire House Building Committee
- Town of WInthrop
Fire House Building Committee Meeting, Feb. 3, 2025 (Zoom)
- Town of Winthrop
Pauline St or Walden St. Proposal - 2024
Fire Station Alternate Location Options and Costs preseted to Town Council 09 04 2024 (pdf)
- Kaestle Boos / Town of WInthrop
Option 1 - Pauline St.
Option 2 - Walden St.

Winthrop Firehouse Building Committee
Winthrop Fire
House Building
Committee
website
Winthrop and the world with guest - Fire Chief Wiley
Mar. 20, 2015 - WCAT / YouTube
Winthrop fire house building committee
Mar. 15, 2015 - WCAT / YouTube
Winthrop's hot topics: Discussing a new fire station
Mar. 12, 2015 - WCAT / YouTube
Winthrop fire house building committee
Feb. 24, 2015 - WCAT / YouTube

Winthrop St. Proposal - 2023
https://winthropfirestation.com (Inactive)
https://winthropfirestation.com (Internet Archive)
• Fire Station Headquarters Presentation to the Town Council 7-25-2023 (PDF)
• Process for Taking Property Under the Eminent Domain Statute (DOC) | (PDF)
- Town of Winthrop
Earlier drawings
New Fire Station - Winthrop
(Internet Archive)
• F.A.Q. and Information
• See Existing Stations
• Videos and News
• Ask Questions
• Finance (estimate potential tax implication)
- Winthrop Fire House Building Committee
New Fire Station Brochure
Town of Winthrop
Proposed Fire Station Facility (PDF)
F.A.Qs and Information Booklet
- Winthrop Fire House Building Committee
New Fire Station Postcard
For all information regarding the
Proposed New Firestation visit our website
www.winthropfirestation.com

9/16/2023
- Winthrop Fire House Building Committee


Earlier sites considered:
Little League Field and Golf Course
Architects Present Concepts for Public Safety Building
Nov. 5, 2021 - Winthrop Transcript (PDF)
"At the annual fall forum on Oct. 19, architecture firm Kaestle Boos Associates presented potential concept designs for a new public safety facility that would combine fire and police service into one state-of-the-art building...."
Community Forum with Ron Vecchia with Fire Chief Scott Wiley
12:30 - Winthrop Public Safety Facility. Presentation
Nov, 2021 - YouTube | WCAT
The Winthrop Fall Forum 2021
- Oct. 20, 2021 - YouTube
5:18 - Winthrop Fire Stations. Presentation by Chief Wiley on need for new facility
8:50 - Winthrop Public Safety Facility. Presentation by Kaestle Boos Associates


 
Local News Coverage
Voters say yes to new fire station
Apr. 10, 2025 - Winthrop Transcript
"Voters overwhelmingly supported a $38.5-million debt exclusion to build a new fire station on Pauline Street during a special election on Saturday..."
Council president addresses proposed fire station cost
Mar. 27, 2025 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Updated fire station project website goes live
Mar. 13, 2025 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
State approves language for fire station debt exclusion vote
Feb. 27, 2025 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Town attorney clarifies boundaries of Ingleside Park and old middle school properties
Feb. 20, 2025 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF, pg. 3)
Fire department hosting open houses for new fire station vote
Feb. 13, 2025 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
New firehouse building committee gets down to business
Feb. 6, 2025 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Council shifts new fire station location to old middle school, schedules April debt exclusion vote
Jan. 30, 2025 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Council fails to move forward with fire station site selection
Dec. 5, 2024 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Fire station site survey remains open to residents
Oct. 3, 2024 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Council could take fire station location vote next week
Nov. 27, 2024 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Fire station site survey remains open to residents
Oct. 3, 2024 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Town to seek input on new fire station location
Sep. 19, 2024 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Town continues work on fire station site selection
Aug. 29, 2024 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Town continues to explore new fire station locations
Aug. 8, 2024 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
A new location: Walden st. basketball courts being eyed for new fire station
Jul. 18, 2024 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Marino gives update on latest 3A, Fire Station information
Jul. 11, 2024 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Marino presents potential new fire station options
Jun. 20, 2024 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Winthrop town council meeting of June 18, 2024
- WCAT / YouTube
Time stamp: 16:05 - WCAT / YouTube
Site: Wadsworth Building, Kirby Funeral Home
Council Discusses Future of Fire Station Project
Nov. 16, 2023 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Final 11/7/2023 Election Results (PDF)
Nov. 14, 2023 - Town of Winthrop
Yes 1,439
No 2,584
Write In 18
Total Votes 4,041
Blank 96
Voters say no To fire station
Nov. 9, 2023 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Draft 11/7/2023 Election Results (PDF)
Nov. 7, 2023 - Town of Winthrop
Yes 1,439
No 2,584
Write In 18
Total Votes 4,041
Blank 96
Debt exclusion ballot question for proposed fire station
Oct. 11, 2023 - Town of Winthrop
Know the ballot questions with town council president Jim Letterie
Oct. 31, 2023 - YouTube | WCAT
FHBC holds public forum
Oct. 26, 2023 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Chamber breakfast, Fall Forum focus on fire station
Oct. 19, 2023 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Town of Winthrop Fall Forum presentation
Oct. 18, 2023 - Town of Winthrop (Internet Archive)
Building comm. holds public hearing on fire station proposal
Oct. 12, 2023 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Fire house building committee - Public hearing October 10, 2023
Oct. 10, 2023 - YouTube | WCAT
Building committee discusses conceptual plans for police station upgrade
Sep. 28, 2023 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Fire jouse building committee - Public hearing September 25 2023
Sep. 25, 2023 - YouTube | WCAT
FHBC launches website for new fire house
Sep. 21, 2023 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Fire house building committee - Public hearing September 18, 2023
Sep. 18, 2023 - YouTube | WCAT
Fire house building committee - Public hearing September 11, 2023
Sep. 11, 2023 - YouTube | WCAT
A firehouse update with Tony Marino, Jim Letterie and fire chief Scott Wiley, September 11, 2023
Sep. 11, 2023 - YouTube | WCAT
Firehouse presentation by chief Scott Wiley, 9/8/2023
Sep. 8, 2023 - YouTube | WCAT
FHBC focuses on public relations
Aug. 31, 2023 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Fire house building committee focuses on communications
Aug. 24, 2023 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
Firehouse building bommittee meeting Aug. 21, 2023
Aug. 21, 2023 - YouTube | WCAT
19:58 - Chief Wiley provides tour of current conditions at Winthrop's two firehouses - WCAT / YouTube
Firehouse building committee meeting Aug. 14, 2023
Aug. 14, 2023 - YouTube | WCAT
New firehouse debate draws a crowd at council meeting
Aug. 3. 2023 - Winthrop Transcript (Print PDF)
"Town leaders have been considering building a new fire station for so long, there’s been some debate as to whether the discussions have been going on since the 1960s or “only” the 1990s....."
Winthrop town council meeting of August 1, 2023
Aug. 1, 2023 - YouTube | WCAT
Future of family-owned local business threatened by proposed fire station
Jul. 30, 2023 - Dianna Carney, NewsBreak
"For nearly forty years, The Meat Market has been a staple in Winthrop, serving the community through generations of families. However, the family-owned small business is now facing an uncertain future...."
Winthrop considers acquiring beloved deli to build new firestation
Jul. 28, 2023 - CBS News Boston
"A community is fighting to keep a beloved local deli after the town of Winthrop threatened to buy the property and replace it with a new fire station......"
- CBS News Boston
Fire station proposal moves toward November vote
Jul. 27, 2023 - Winthrop Transcript
"Town leaders have been considering building a new fire station for so long, there’s been some debate as to whether the discussions have been going on since the 1960s or “only” the 1990s....."
Proposed new fire headquarters facility
Presentation for the Town Council, 7/25/2023 - Town of Winthrop
Winthrop Town Council Special Meeting of July 25, 2023 - WCAT / YouTube
Earlier news
Many Participate in Future Use of Old Winthrop Middle School
July 16, 2020 - Winthrop Transcript
"The construction of a new combined public safety (fire and police) building on the site was also brought to the table....."
Fire Chief Readies for New Building Feasibility Study
July 27, 2018 - Winthrop Transcript
"Nobody denies the town of Winthrop needs a new fire and police station, and now the fire chief has the funds to have a needs assessment done for both fire and police...."
New Fire Station is Long Overdue
Nov. 3, 2017 - Winthrop Transcript
"Although it is well-known that the two fire stations in Winthrop are fairly ancient, nonetheless it was a shock even to us to read in the Sun-Transcript two weeks ago that the central firehouse on Pauline Street dates back to 1889 and the station at Winthrop Beach on Shirley Street was built in 1904...."
Fire Chief Pressing for New Station
Oct. 21, 2017 - Winthrop Transcript
"Fire Chief Paul Flanagan could not stress enough the need for a public safety building that could house the police and fire departments at the Fall Forum on Tuesday night....."
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