Tottenham volunteer fire brigade was set up by public subscription in 1870 and moved from the old engine-house to Coombes Croft in 1876. There was one manual engine, with a fire-escape and curricle, in 1892, when the entire staff was dismissed for insubordination. (fn. 65) The brigade became the first in England to adopt petrol motor traction in 1903, when Harringay fire station was opened in Conway Road and equipped with a combined chemical fire engine, hose tender, fire-escape, and motor. (fn. 66) The central fire station, next to the town hall, was opened in 1905. (fn. 67) Wood Green had its own fire service, with an engine-house in High Road, by 1901 and a station in Bounds Green Road from 1914. (fn. 68) Both brigades became part of the national fire service in the Second World War and later part of the Middlesex fire brigade, (fn. 69) itself absorbed in 1965 into the enlarged London fire brigade. In 1973 the old central fire station was used for ambulances and Tottenham was served by the G.L.C.’s station in St. Loys Road. (fn. 70)