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VOLUNTEER ERA BADGES (pre 1890)

The following badges can date as early as the 1860s. The numbers in the center are specific to a given fireman. The hose border suggests they may have been hose company badges.
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Dayspring Collection
Germania Hook and Ladder 2  (77 Prospect Street)
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Shield shaped badges were use by all of Paterson's Volunteer Companies starting in the 1870s and continuing until the department became paid in 1890. Exempt firemen used "silver" (nickel plated) color and non-exempts the brass ones.  The badges all have a steam fire engine on the bottom, the company number in the center and the fireman's badge number at the apex. Hook and Ladder Companies had crossed ladders around the Company Number and Hose Companies display a circular hose around the Company Number.  

At right are men of Germania Hook and Ladder Company 2 with badges outside of the 77 Prospect Street Firehouse
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Neptune Engine Company 2
Passaic Engine Company 1
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Passaic Engine 1 Eifler Collection
Neptune Engine Company 2
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Firefighter Badge
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Exempt Firefighter Badge (Eifler Collection)
Washington Engine Company 3
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Badge 17 ? Thomas Richmond -- Eifler Collection

​Jackson Engine Company 4
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​Vigilant Engine Company 6

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Liberty Engine Company 7
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Lafayette Engine Company 8
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Badge of James McMullen
Paterson Steam Fire Engine Company 9 
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Columbia Hose Company 1
Hibernia Hose Company 3
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Cataract Hose Company 2
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Eagle Hook and Ladder Company 1
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Germania Hook and Ladder 2
Trio of Company 1 Badges
Columbia Hose 1  ----------------- Eagle Hook and Ladder 1  ------ Passaic Engine Company 1
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Vigilant Engine Company VI was located at 304 Market Street - Not known what "Junior" refers to on badge but it may represent a child "mascot"
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Eifler Collection
Presentation badge of Chief Andrew Moser
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Dayspring Collection
​Presentation Badges:  of Foreman of Cataract Hose 2 & James Kearney Jr. of Eagle H&L 1
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Dayspring Collection
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Dayspring Collection
Exempt Association Badges of Charles Moore who served on Neptune Engine Company 2 of the Volunteers and later (1890) as a paid PFD fireman
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Badge of James Kearney
1889 Souvenir Badge from Protection Steam Fire Engine Company  5
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Eifler Collection
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  • HOME
  • OVERVIEW
    • EVENTS 1890-1899
    • EVENTS 1900-1919
    • EVENTS 1920-1939
    • EVENTS 1940-1959
    • EVENTS 1960-1979
    • EVENTS 1980-99
    • EVENTS > 2000
  • FIREFIGHTERS
  • CHIEF ENGINEERS
    • ASSISTANT CHIEFS
    • DEPUTY CHIEFS
    • BATTALION CHIEFS
    • CHIEF GIGS
  • THE SUPREME SACRFICE
  • FIRE PHOTOS BY ERA
  • NOTABLE FIRES
  • GREAT 1902 CONFLIGRATION
  • COMPANY LOCATIONS
  • FIREHOUSE PHOTOS / FACTS
  • APPARATUS
  • APPARATUS VIDEOS
  • FIRE SCENE VIDEOS 1
  • FIRE SCENE VIDEOS 2
  • DOCUDRAMAS
  • NOTABLE EVENTS INDEX
    • APPARATUS NOTABLES
    • AWARDS
    • FIREMEN STORIES
    • GROUND ZERO
    • HANCOCKS
    • HISTORICAL REVIEWS
    • HISTORY by CHIEF STAGG
    • MILITARY
    • PARADES
    • PROMOTIONS
    • RED MASS
    • RESCUES
    • SISTER LORETTA
    • SPORTS
    • THEATRE DETAIL
  • STATISTICS
  • MEMORABILIA
  • CITY OF PATERSON
  • DEPARTMENT DOGS
  • TRAINING
  • VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT
    • 1821 - 1854 HISTORY
    • VOLUNTEER HISTORY
    • VOLUNTEER CHIEFS
    • VOLUNTEER PROFILES
    • VOLUNTEER COMPANIES
    • ANNUAL REPORTS
  • COMMUNICATIONS / FA
  • EXEMPT ASSOCIATION
  • EXEMPT HOME & RELICS
  • EMS DIVISION
    • EMS ROSTER
  • FMBA / PFA
  • AUXILIARY FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • ORAL HISTORY
  • PFH CONTRIBUTORS
  • CONTACT
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