HFD Station 101 In Kingwood Still Closed After May Flood

KINGWOOD, TX — The severe weather and flooding that inundated the Kingwood area on May 6 forced Houston Fire Station 101 to temporarily close their doors to make repairs, officials announced.

The fire station was one of a number of buildings and homes in the Kingwood community that were flooded with torrential rain or damaged by high winds as storms moved through Houston last month.

Houston City Council Member Dave Martin said in a press release that conditions at Fire Station 101, and that others in the region have continued to decline for years.

"The Houston Fire Stations within these areas were never built for professional firefighters as they were originally designed as volunteer fire stations before annexation, Martin said in a press release.

Martin, who took office in 2014, says he has advocated for renovations at the District E Fire Stations within his district. Those renovations began on June 3 and are expected to continue through late June, weather permitting.

"The conditions created after these rain events put our first responders in unnecessary danger and that risk needed to be eliminated swiftly," Martin said in his statement.

Martin added that the crew and equipment from Station 101 is being housed at HFD Stations 102 and 104 ready to serve the Kingwood community.

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