1829 - DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON PURCHASING A FIRE ENGINE
A. DOCTOR WILLIAM BUSHNELL SOLD SUBSCRIPTIONS TO A NEWSPAPER TO RAISE $150.00
B. A SMALL HAND ENGINE WAS PURCHASED
C. WATER WAS DUMPED INTO THE ENGINE BY A BUCKET BRIGADE AND POWER FURNISHED BY TURNING A CRANK ON EACH SIDE OF THE ENGINE.
D. THE WATER WAS OBTAINED FROM A CISTERN, WELL OR SPRING.
E. A FIRE COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED WITH JACOB LINDLEY AS THE FOREMAN.
1834 – ORDINANCE PASSED FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTORS TO
EXAMINE EVERY CHIMNEY, STOVE PIPE, FIREPLACE, FLUE AND
STOVE AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.
1848 - DISCUSSION ON PURCHASING A NEWER ENGINE AND 600 FT OF HOSE
A. THE ENGINE WAS NAMED THE “OHIO”
B. REORGANIZATION OF THE FIRE COMPANY WITH P.P. HULL APPOINTED AS THE FIRST ENGINEER.
1852 – ANOTHER FIRE COMPANY WAS ORGANIZED AND CALLED “TORRENT
NUMBER 2 -- THE ENGINE WAS PURCHASED FROM SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK
AS TIME PROGREESED, OTHER COMPANIES WERE FORMED AND APPARATUS WAS PURCHASED.
1854 - AN ASSISTANT ENGINEER WAS APPOINTED TO EACH
ORGANIZATION.
1854 – THE OLD ENGINE AND APPARATUS OF NUMBER 1 WAS TURNED
OVER TO “YOUNG AMERICA FIRE COMPANY NUMBER 3”
1854 – THE NEW ENGINE FOR NUMBER 1 WAS CALLED “DELUGE”
1867 - A STEAM ENGINE WAS PURCHASED FOR $5,500.00
1871 – WATER WORKS FOR THE CITY. WATER WAS FIRST TAKEN FROM THE ROCKY FORK AND LATER SWITCHED TO JOHNS AND LAIRD SPRINGS
1884 – THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WE KNOW IT WAS ORGANIZED
A. 75-100 FIRE RUNS A YEAR
B. THREE FIRE STATIONS
C. 71 GAMEWELL FIRE BOXES WITH 41 MILES OF CABLE
D. 256 FIRE HYDRANTS
E. 1st PAID FIRECHIEF WAS WILLIAM HARMON
(JUNE 22, 1884-JUNE 1, 1885)
STATIONS BUILT WERE AS FOLLOWS:
No. 1—central station—1884—s.e. corner Market (Park Ave. W.) and S. Walnut
rebuilt--March 1925—2nd and S. Walnut
rebuilt--Feb 20, 1977—140 E. Third St.
No.2—328 north main @ Erie tracks—opened Dec 12, 1902
rebuilt Jan 30, 1939
closed c. 1977
No. 3—50 Chestnut station—opened May 30, 1933
closed c. 1981
No. 4—409 Newman St.—opened Jan. 23, 1911
rebuilt Jul. 20, 1949
No. 5—673 Marion Ave—opened Oct 10, 1948
Closed---c. 1977
No. 6—Springmill—opened Oct 13, 1953
No. 7—Brookwood Way—opened Oct 1, 1962
No. 8—Sunset Blvd—opened Sept. 19, 1964
No. 9—Airport—opened May 1972
