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Retired Hose Wagon
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In the 1840’s when talk of forming a fire company began, the town was
divided into two separate villages as it is today. At that time each village
had its own center school, churches, mills and stores. With a large number of
people living in and around these villages, the Fire Company had a large number
of men to fill its ranks.
There was and still a great deal of pride and competition between these
two companies originally known as the Hope Engine Company #1 of Haydenville and the Empire Company of Williamsburgh.
In 1999 the Williamsburg Fire
Dept is still divided into two engine companies, one housed on South
Main St. in Haydenville
and the other on North Main St.
Though physically divided, they work as one unit.
The Haydenville Company, Company 2 has a
Two-bay station that houses two engines. A 1983 S-1900
International FMC 1,000 GPM (Gallons-Per-Minute) pumper,
and a 1967 R-190 Maxim 1,000 GPM pumper/tanker.
The Haydenville Station was added onto the old bank
building in 1960.
Company 1 in Williamsburg has a two-bay station that houses a 1987
International S-1900 Maxim with a 1,000 GPM pumper
and a 1975 International 4wd mini-pumper with a 750
GPM front mounted pump.
In 2001 the Williamsburg Fire
Department, received a 2001 E-One International with a 1,250 GPM Hale pump.
This replaced our 1967 R-190 Maxim. In addition to a new pumper,
we added a set of Lukas Hydraulic tools, which include a large set of
spreaders, large set of cutters, small combo tool and rams. Two power units
were also purchased.
A Scott Thermal Imager Camera was also obtained trough a state grant,
which gave many small fire department through out the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts a chance to obtain equipment, that more or less would have been
out of reach.
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