Organised fire-fighting in Leominster has a long history going back to at least 1692. At the time Lord Coningsby gave the town a "large" fire engine.

Three years later Leominster was to suffer one of its largest fires. The Priory caught fire, believed to have been started by a spark from a plumbers brazier. The spark caught exposed parts of the roof that had been peeled back to allow access to a crack in need of repair. The whole of the roof became engulfed, its lead melted and left the church a ruin. The town rallied and raised the great sum of £16,500 to fund the rebuild that took six years.

At one time the fire station was situated in Church Street, between the former gate house and west end of Forbury Chapel. Around 1720 a charity school room was erected above the fire station, this was taken over by the Grammar School around 1795.

A document of 1891 provides interesting reading. The fire station and its crew was to serve the "Municiple Borough of Leominster" and charges were made for activities out side of the boundaries.