Founded in 1899 as the Union Fire Company, what a year later would ... century origins serving a few downtown blocks with hand-drawn hose carts, Alpha has grown with the State College area ...

When a massive fire completely destroyed a hotel on ... “On March 7, 1892, the hose company purchased a hand-drawn hose cart for $49.50, along with 500 feet of hose, six spanner wrenches ...

Fire Chief Tom Obele described fire fighting in 1882 using horse-drawn hose carts and bucket brigades ... New Prague will bring a hand pumper on wheels and St. Peter usually brings a 54-foot ...

Come help the crew at the John H. Enders Fire Company & Rescue Squad push their newest truck into the firehouse.

The time-honored tradition dates back to when hand-drawn fire engines, ladder wagons, hose carts and other apparatus had to be pushed back into the station by hand. The department purchased three ...