Fire Station 20 to be Dedicated Oct. 29

Winston-Salem Fire Department - Oct. 23, 2009

A dedication ceremony for Fire Station 20, the city’s newest fire station, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, at 5991 Koger Lane, near the corner Koger Lane and Rural Hall-Bethania Road.

Speakers will include Mayor Allen Joines; Council Member Vivian H. Burke, the chair of the Public Safety Committee, and Council Member Nelson Malloy.

The station is named after the Koger family and sits on land that has been in the family since patriarch Madison Koger settled there in the 1870s. The station is home to Engine Co. 20, which serves the northwest edge of Winston-Salem.

Dedication ceremony program [pdf]