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78 Gould Avenue


Citizens had been petitioning Paterson authorities for a tenth fire company and as is seen on the stone slab above the door on the firehouse below: the PFD Engine No 10 Committee finally got their new firehouse at 78 Gould Avenue (corner of Pacific Street), but they did not get a new fire company.
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​​​​Chronological Listing of Events and Apparatus at Gould Avenue

September 19, 1895:
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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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September 24, 1895: The new firehouse was christened not as Engine No. 10 but rather Engine Company 7 (the number formerly associated with the 298 Tyler Street Firehouse). The men of Engine Company 3 (and their 1876 Clapp and Jones Steam Fire apparatus) which had been at 298 Tyler Street simply moved into the new Gould Avenue quarters. The name firehouse at 298 Tyler Street changed to Engine Company 3.   The new firehouse had a hose tower.​
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April 1, 1895: Chief Engineer Annual Report
Manpower Assignment for Engine 7
Badge       Name                          Rank
​73          William Allen            Captain
74          William Farrell          Engineer
75          John Bowden             Driver
​76          Adam Perrius             Driver
​81          Henry Harding           Hoseman
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​77          John Clark                    Callman
78          David Devine               Callman
80          William B. Pohlman    Callman
​82          Joseph Hardy               Callman
​83          George Carr                 Callman
​84          Joseph Rogers              Callman
November 15, 1895: Department goes fully paid  - callmen eliminated
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November 15, 1895: the Fully Paid Department ​begins:
First Manpower Assignment for Engine 7 (Badge #s)
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Captain William Allen #70
Engineer Henry L. Reid #71
Driver Henry Hepp #72
​Driver John Cluney #73
Hoseman William B. Pohlman #74
Hoseman John W. Bowden #75
​Hoseman Henry Kelley #76
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Captain William Allen
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View of the firehouse after closure.

​September 24, 1895: Using the 1876 Third Size Clapp and Jones Steamer and John Post Hose Wagon the company used while at 298 Tyler Street quarters. The hose wagon had 700' of hose, 2 three-gallon extinguishers and one roof ladder.
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March 31, 1896: Chief Engineer Annual Report
Manpower Assignment for Engine 7
Badge       Name                          Rank
​70          William Allen            Captain
74           Henry Reid               Engineer
​72           Edward Hepp            Driver
​73           John Cluney              Driver
74           William Pohlman      Hoseman
75            John W.Bowden       Hoseman
​76            Harvey Kelley          Hoseman
June 19, 1899:  Brawl at Engine 7
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Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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Captain William Campbell
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May 27, 1903: Engine Company 7 receives the 1891 third size Silsby Steamer formerly used by Engine Company 9 at 586 Main Street. The 1876 Clapp and Jones Steamer is retired

1904: Engine 7 receives 1886 Second Size Button Steam Fire Engine (serial #176) formerly  used by Engine Company 9, 1 and Passaic Engine 1 of Volunteer Department.
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February 12, 1904: Report of Chief Stagg on apparatus -  Engine 7
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Paterson News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
March 13, 1906:  Engine 7 hose wagon and trolley in accident causing death of fire horse
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March 14 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
January 30, 1909:   Engine 7 Button Steamer pumping at River and Putnam Streets at the Ashley Baily mill fire
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Engine 7 Hose Wagon
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FF Martin Brand second from left - Steamer in bay at left and hose wagon at right
Chief John Stagg is sitting second from left below
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Steamer in bay at left and hose wagon at right. FF Martin Brand standing at right
December 12, 1905; Clapp and Jones Steamer of Engine 4 sent to Engine 7. Engineer Hanlon transferred from Engine 4 to Engine 7.  ​Note the beds by windows on second floor in photo below. 
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Captain William Allen at left
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August 3, 1907:  Hose cart in a Gould Avenue and Main Street accident. Lieutenant Patrick Kearney injured
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Courtesy Dennis Morrison
October 16, 1907:  New Robinson Combination Hose Wagons with 60 gallon chemical tanks for Engines 7 (and 6).
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October 27, 1907: From the PFD series published in the Guardian
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September 27, 1908: 10:40 AM While responding to a false alarm at Box 25 (Straight and Peach Streets)the engine was struck by an Erie Locomotive at a Getty Ave crossing and put out of commission. FF John Vesey (sustained multiple fractures) and Engineer John Breen were on apparatus when crash occurred. ​
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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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​September 27, 1908: Second Size 1886 Button Steam Fire Engine with a Fox Boiler installed in 1905 (Serial # 176)  (former E1, E9 and E3)
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September 30, 1908: FF Vesey, driver of Engine 7 is on the bend from his serious injuries. 
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Morning Call - courtesy Dennis Morrison
1908: Standing left - right: John Vesey, John Kelly, John Netz, Frank Shane, John Breen, Thomas Elvin, Thomas Bush, John W Bowden. Sitting: Captain Charles Nolan, Lieutenant Patrick Kearney. 
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NY Sunday World - also 1909 Ball Book - Note spiral staircase to right inside door
1909: Captain was Charles Nolan
March 1, 1910:  Court ruling on 1908 steamer/railroad crash
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August 20, 1910:  Bids form new hose wagon
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Morning Call - Courtesy Jim Eifler
April 4, 1911:  Apparatus (horse drawn)  accident while responding to Paxton Street fire
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Paterson News - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
July 1, 1911: 
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Morning Call - Courtesy Jim Eifler
August 3, 1912: Seagrave Combination Hose Wagon, formerly used by Engine Company 1 to be attached (by Leonard Tynan of Paterson) to a Sampson Auto Chassis,
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Morning Call - Courtesy Jim Eifler
October 19, 1912: New automobile combination wagon
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Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
April 27, 1913: Article # 8 in the Chronicle Series on PFD companies
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Left to right: First row -  Captain William, Allen, John Bowden, James Cullington, and Lieutenant Patrick Kearney. Second row - Engineer Michael J. Ryan, Eugene Murphy, Dennis Toomey and Martin O'Rourke.  Hose wagon behind the firefighters.
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​May 5, 1913:  2:30 AM 434 East 21st Street   Cement Construction plant barn    
         First run of new Engine 7 auto hose wagon
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Morning Call Courtesy Jim Eifler
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September 6, 1913: Second Size 1886 Button Steam Fire Engine with a Fox Boiler installed in 1905 (Serial # 176)  is transferred from Engine 3 on 298 Tyler Street (12th Ave) to Engine 7 on Gould Avenue
July 1, 1916: Two Platoon System begins: (Day and Night Shifts)
Day Shift
Night Shift
Lieutenant Patrick Kearney
Engineer Michael Ryan
James Cullington
Charles Gall
​Abraham Shouger

Captain William Allen
Engineer John Kelly
Denis Toomey
Edward Singland
​William Ramsden

1917: Commercial Truck Company Electric Combination Chemical and Hose Wagon: Serial #7101
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​April 3, 1918; First Size Metropolitan Steam Fire Engine with Commercial Truck Company Electric Tractor (Serial # 7093)

1918 Ball Book Roster: 
Captain William Allen
Lieutenant Patrick Kearney
John Kelly
Charles Gall
​William Ramsden
James Cullington
Dennis Toomey
Edward Singland
​Abram Shouger (in US Armed Forces)
April 25, 1918:  ~2PM Straight and Clay Streets 3 alarms - While responding to the second alarm the  new electric engine 7 being driven by a demonstrator was in collision
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Guardian - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
1930 Company Roster
A Shift
Captain James Campbell
Cornelius Kennedy
William Flynn
Albert Lupinski
Joseph O'Donnell
​Edward Moore
B Shift
Captain Walter Menni
Walter Gallagher
William Ramsden
​Reinhold Ratzlaff
John Heffran
​Frank Von Webern
November 13, 1930: Ahrens Fox Model N-S-4 1000 GPM pumper (Serial # 3389)
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August 26, 1932: Daily Engine Company report from Engine 7 including roll call, meals and activities. Signed by Acting Captain John Heffran.
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Dayspring Collection
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1935: Men of Engine Company 7 A shift posing outside Pacific Street side of firehouse. ​L-R: Captain James Campbell, Neil Kennedy, William Flynn, Albert Lupenski, Joseph O'Donnell, Edward Moore
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1935 Ball Book Photo
1935: Men of Engine Company 7 B shift posing outside Pacific Street side of firehouse. L-R: Captain Walter Mennell, Walter Gallagher, William Ramsden, Rhinholt Ratzlaff, John Heffran, Frank Von Webern​
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1936 Ball Book Photo
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Rear view of Apparatus -- Dayspring Collection
​1940  Paterson Evening News Golden Jubilee - Engine Company 7 Roster
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Dayspring Collection
1944 Annual Report Roster
A Shift
​Captain James Campbell
Horace Warr
​Frank Von Webern
​Joseph O'Donnell
B Shift
​Acting Captain John Heffran
William Ramsden
​Stanley Kecmer
​Frances Moore


December 31, 1942: Certificate of War Necessity, by US Office of Defense Transportation for Engine Company 7 1930 Ahrens Fox #3389 
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Dayspring Collection
1949 Ball book photo of Engine Company 7 "A Shift" Captain ​James Campbell, Horace Warr, Thomas Sisco and Reinhold Ratzlaff
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1949 Ball book photo of Engine Company 7 "B Shift" Captain Joe Carr, John Heffran,  William Ramsden and Frank Moore
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Engine 7 at fire scene -- Dayspring Collection
August 14, 1953: ENGINE COMPANY 7 - From the Morning Call Series of PFD Companies. For more accurate details of Engine 7 during Volunteer Era CLICK HERE 
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Morning Call - Courtesy Dennis Morrison
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From Morning Call and also in 1954 FMBA Ball Book
Photo of Engine 7's 1930 Ahrens Fox and A and B shift. Left side: Captain Eugene Fredericks, Arsene Nunnick, Edward Ristan, John Alexander. Right side: Captain John Whitecroft, John Heffran, William Ramsden, George Kulich, Francis Moore. Note spiral staircase to right inside the door.
PFD Historians (see Morning Call news clip above)
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William Ramsden
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John Heffran
October 18, 1955:  Serious apparatus accident - Pacific Street and Bloomfield Avenue
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October 19 Morning Call courtesy Dennis Morrison
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January 23, 1958: 1948 Mack Model 95 1000 GPM pumper formerly used by Engine Company 5 seen below at fire scene. (Plywood riot roofs added in 1960s)
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Below is the Firehouse "Running Board" from 78 Gould Avenue that lists all of the First Alarm assignments of Engine Company 7. For example, note Station 261 was for Court and Pacific Streets and 56 was for Gould Avenue and Dakota Streets. Station 268 was St. Joseph's Hospital. It now is located in the NJ Fireman's Museum at the Fireman's Home in Boonton, NJ.
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​The 78 Gould Avenue Firehouse closed on January 27, 1964 and Engine Company 7 relocated to the new Southside Firehouse at 130 Getty Avenue.
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2016:  Former Engine Company 7 
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