Yardley Fire Company No. 1 in Service for 60 Years
Following a serious fire in the Yardley, Pa., business district, a group of civicminded residents met on December 14, 1897 and established a volunteer fire company. The first equipment purchased by the group, at a cost of $100, consisted of a hand-drawn wagon fitted out with ladders, buckets and "other fire fighting accessories.”
The first motorized apparatus, a combination hose cart and chemical tank, was purchased in 1915. Today the apparatus complement consists of an American LaFrance “quint” with a 75-foot aerial and 750-gpm pump; two American LaFrance 750-gpm pumpers; and a Dodge Power Wagon utility unit. All vehicles are radio-equipped and valued in excess of $100,000.
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