PATERSON FIRE HISTORY
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FIREFIGHTERS
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GREAT 1902 CONFLAGRATION
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1893 PFD HISTORY BOOK
1940 HISTORICAL REVIEW
1950 HISTORICAL REVIEW
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EMS
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COMPANY & FH HISTORY
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FIRE VIDEOS 1991-2011
FIRE VIDEOS 2014-2020
DOCUDRAMAS
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NOTABLE EVENTS INDEX
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FIREMEN STORIES
1960 CHIEF SELECTION
GRAND STREET RIOT 1917
GROUND ZERO
HANCOCKS
HISTORICAL REVIEWS
HISTORY by CHIEF STAGG
JOSEPH DAYSPRING
KEARNEY-FAMILY
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PARADES
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SPORTS
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PATCHES DECALS LOGOS SHIRTS
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TRAINING
VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT
1821 - 1854 HISTORY
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ANNUAL REPORTS
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ANDREW MOSER
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EXEMPT ASSOCIATION
EXEMPT HOME & RELICS
FMBA / PFA
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1909 BALL BOOK
1916 BALL BOOK
1918 BALL BOOK
1923 ANNUAL BALL
1928 ANNUAL BALL
1936 JANUARY PICTORIAL
1936 DECEMBER PICTORIAL
1937 ANNUAL BALL
1938 ANNUAL BALL
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CITY OF PATERSON
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Department
: 1890 to present
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Engine Company 1
1890: 112 Van Houten Street -- March 20 - FH damaged in great 1902 fire
1902: 77 Prospect Street -- February 9
1903: 112 Van Houten Street (repaired FH reopens) (112 is not a typo)
1912: 115 Van Houten Street -- March 19
1981 - Out of Service -- June 26
1982: Madison Ave Firehouse at 850 Madison Avenue -- September 3
Engine Company 2
1890: 10 Hotel Street (renamed Hamilton Street in 1894) -- March 20
1890:
Out of service transiently as new FH being built -- September 14
1890: 77 Highland Street -- December 1
1982:
Out of service --
February 20
1982: Madison Avenue Firehouse at 850 Madison Ave -- September 3
2006: Hillcrest Firehouse at 221 Union Avenue -- October 3
Engine Company 3
1890: 77 Prospect Street -- March 20
1895: 298 Tyler Street -- September 24
1904: 176 12th Avenue - Note that Tyler Street, east of Erie RR, renamed 12th Avenue
1962: Riverside - E
astside Firehouse at 236 Lafayette Street -- August 29
1982: Lakeview Firehouse at 127 Trenton Avenue -- September 3
Engine Company 4
1890: 149 Slater Street -- March 20
1962: Out of Service -- FH demolished to make way for Route 80 -- July 2
Mid 1980s: Lakeview Firehouse at 127 Trenton Ave (transient home of restored Snorkel)
19
87: Northside Firehouse at 48 Temple Street -- January 6
Engine Company 5
1890: 128 Water Street
1912: 115 Van Houten Street -- March 19
1982: Southside Firehouse at 136 Getty Avenue -- June 25
1983: Lakeview Firehouse at 127 Trenton Avenue -- November 30
1984: Out of Service -- January 10
1984: Riverside Eastside Firehouse at 236 Lafayette Street -- December 3
Engine Company 6
1890: 304 Market Street -- March 20
1895: 476 Market Street -- June 30
1979: Madison Avenue Firehouse at 850 Madison Avenue -- September 3
1982: Southside Firehouse at 136 Getty Avenue -- September 3
Engine Company 7
1890: 298 Tyler Street -- March 20 (that part of Tyler St renamed as 12th Ave in 1904)
1895: 78 Gould Avenue -- September 24
1964: Southside Firehouse at 136 Getty Avenue -- June 27
1981: Out of Service -- June 6
1983: Hillcrest Firehouse at 220 Union Ave (Transient) -- November 30
1984: 97 Grand Street -- August 4
2013: Hillcrest Fire House at 221 Union Avenue -- April 19
2015: McBride Avenue Firehouse at 300 McBride avenue -- May 18
Engine Company 8
1890: 71 Wayne Avenue
1971: Hillcrest Firehouse at 221 Union Avenue
2006: Out of Service
Engine Company 9
1890: 586 Main Street
1964: Southside Firehouse at 136 Getty Avenue -- June 27
1982: 36 Circle Avenue
1984: 77 Highland Street
1987: Out of Service
Engine Company 10
1910: 198 17th Avenue
1979: Madison Avenue Firehouse at 850 Madison Avenue
1982: Riverside Eastside Firehouse at 236 Lafayette Street
1984: Out of Service
Engine Company 11
1911: 10 Hamilton Street August 14
1912: 97 Grand Street -- March 18
1982: Out of service
Engine Company 12
1912: 128 Water Street -- March 19
1913: 36 Circle Avenue -- January 10
1982: Out of service
Engine Company 13
1928: 37 23rd Avenue "People's Park" Firehouse -- October 20
1962: Lakeside Firehouse at 127 Trenton Avenue -- February 3
1982: Out of service
Chemical Engine 1
1890: 10 Hotel Street -- September 14
1894: 10 Hamilton Street (street renaming)
1911: Out of service
Squad 1
1968: 115 Van Houten Street -- June
1982: Out of service -- February 12
1996: Southside Firehouse at 136 Getty Avenue -- October 1
2003: Out of service -- October 1
Satellite 9
1984: 36 Circle Avenue
1986: Northside Firehouse at 48 Temple Street
1987: Out of service
Rescue Company 1
1954: 115 Van Houten Street (operated by Engine Company 5)
1968:
Southside Firehouse at 136 Getty Avenue
(operated by Engine Company 9) - July 8
1982:
Southside Firehouse
(operated by Engine Company 6) - September 3
1994:
Southside Firehouse Rescue 1 becomes i
ndependent Company - January 10
1994:
Southside Firehouse
(again operated by Engine Company 6) - August 20
2006: Named as Urban Search & Rescue (USAR -
manned by Rescue 2) - September 18
Rescue Company 2
2006:
Southside Firehouse at 130 Getty Avenue
-
Independent Company -- September 18
HazMat 1
2020:
Lakeside Firehouse at 127 Trenton Avenue -- February 1
Truck Company 1 --- Ladder 1 as of 1991
1890: 72 Jackson Street -- March 20
1952: 37 23rd Avenue
"People's Park" Firehouse
--
1962: Lakeview Firehouse at 127 Trenton Avenue -- February 3
1982: Hillcrest Firehouse at 221 Union Avenue --
June 28
1982: Madison Avenue Firehouse at 850 Madison Avenue --
September 3
Truck Company 2 --- Ladder 2 as of 1991
1890: 77 Prospect Street -- March 20
1912: 115 Van Houten Street -- December 13
1982: Madison Avenue Firehouse at 850 Madison Avenue --
June 28
1982: Hillcrest Firehouse 221 Union Avenue --
September 3
1983: Southside Firehouse at 136 Getty Ave (Transient) -- November 30
1984:
Hillcrest Firehouse 221 Union Avenue
-- August 4
1987: Northside Firehouse at 48 Temple Street
Truck Company 3 --- Ladder 3 as of 1991
1890: 183 Godwin Avenue at corner of Auburn Street -- March 20, 1890
1920s: 41 Godwin Avenue (street renumbering) at corner of Auburn Street
1962: Riverside - Eastside Firehouse at 236 Lafayette Street -- August 29
Mobile Cascade Unit (57) - Renamed as RAC Unit
Rehabilitation, Accountability, Communications Unit
198?:
Madison Avenue Firehouse at 850 Madison Avenue
2015: 300 McBride Avenue
Mobile Command Unit (Field - Com)
198?:
Madison Avenue Firehouse at 850 Madison Avenue
2015: 300 McBride Avenue
HOME
OVERVIEW
FIRST CENTURY
EVENTS 1890-1894
EVENTS 1895-1899
EVENTS 1900-1910
EVENTS 1911-1919
EVENTS 1920-1939
EVENTS 1940-1959
EVENTS 1960-1979
EVENTS 1980-99
EVENTS 2000-2019
EVENTS 2020-2021
FIREFIGHTERS
THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
MEMORIAL SERVICE
CHIEF ENGINEERS
ASSISTANT CHIEFS
DEPUTY CHIEFS
BATTALION CHIEFS
CHIEF GIGS
GREAT 1902 CONFLAGRATION
TAKING THE HEAT BOOK
1893 PFD HISTORY BOOK
1940 HISTORICAL REVIEW
1950 HISTORICAL REVIEW
NOTABLE FIRES/INCIDENTS
EMS
EMS ROSTER
FIREHOUSE PHOTOS / FACTS
COMPANY & FH HISTORY
COMMUNICATIONS / FA
FIRE BOX LISTS
EVRS STATION LIST
SPECIAL OPERATIONS
SPECIAL OP EVENTS
FIRE VIDEOS 1991-2011
FIRE VIDEOS 2014-2020
DOCUDRAMAS
APPARATUS
APPARATUS VIDEOS
NOTABLE EVENTS INDEX
APPARATUS NOTABLES
APPTS & PROMOTIONS
AWARDS
DEATHS / OBITUARIES
FIREMEN STORIES
1960 CHIEF SELECTION
GRAND STREET RIOT 1917
GROUND ZERO
HANCOCKS
HISTORICAL REVIEWS
HISTORY by CHIEF STAGG
JOSEPH DAYSPRING
KEARNEY-FAMILY
MILITARY
PARADES
RED MASS
RESCUES
RETIREMENTS
SISTER LORETTA
SPORTS
THEATRE DETAIL
MEMORABILIA
PATCHES DECALS LOGOS SHIRTS
WALLPAPER
DEPARTMENT DOGS
TRAINING
VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT
1821 - 1854 HISTORY
VOLUNTEER HISTORY
ANNUAL REPORTS
VOLUNTEER CHIEFS
VOLUNTEER PROFILES
ANDREW MOSER
VOLUNTEER COMPANIES
EXEMPT ASSOCIATION
EXEMPT HOME & RELICS
FMBA / PFA
BALLBOOKS
1909 BALL BOOK
1916 BALL BOOK
1918 BALL BOOK
1923 ANNUAL BALL
1928 ANNUAL BALL
1936 JANUARY PICTORIAL
1936 DECEMBER PICTORIAL
1937 ANNUAL BALL
1938 ANNUAL BALL
1939 ANNUAL BALL
1941 ANNUAL BALL
1942 ANNUAL BALL
1943 ANNUAL BALL
1944 ANNUAL BALL
1945 ANNUAL BALL
1946 ANNUAL BALL
1947 ANNUAL BALL
1948 ANNUAL BALL
1949 ANNUAL BALL
1950 ANNUAL BALL
1951 ANNUAL BALL
1952 ANNUAL BALL
1953 ANNUAL BALL
1954 ANNUAL BALL
1955 ANNUAL BALL
1956 ANNUAL BALL
1957 ANNUAL BALL
1958 ANNUAL BALL
1959 ANNUAL BALL
1960 ANNUAL BALL
1961 ANNUAL BALL
1962 ANNUAL BALL
1963 ANNUAL BALL
1964 ANNUAL BALL
1965 ANNUAL BALL
1966 ANNUAL BALL
1967 ANNUAL BALL
1968 ANNUAL BALL
1969 ANNUAL BALL
1970 ANNUAL BALL
1971 ANNUAL BALL
1972 ANNUAL BALL
1973 ANNUAL BALL
1975 ANNUAL BALL
1976 ANNUAL BALL
1977 ANNUAL BALL
1979 ANNUAL BALL
1980 ANNUAL BALL
1981 ANNUAL BALL
1982 ANNUAL BALL
1983 ANNUAL BALL
1984 ANNUAL BALL
1985 ANNUAL BALL
1986 ANNUAL BALL
1987 ANNUAL BALL
1988 ANNUAL BALL
1989 ANNUAL BALL
1990 ANNUAL BALL
1991 ANNUAL BALL
1992 ANNUAL BALL
1993 ANNUAL BALL
1994 ANNUAL BALL
1995 ANNUAL BALL
1996 ANNUAL BALL
1997 ANNUAL BALL
1998 ANNUAL BALL
1999 ANNUAL BALL
2000 ANNUAL BALL
2001 ANNUAL BALL
2002 ANNUAL BALL
2003 ANNUAL BALL
2004 ANNUAL BALL
2005 ANNUAL BALL
2010 ANNUAL BALL
2011 ANNUAL BALL
2014 ANNUAL BALL
2016 ANNUAL BALL
AUXILIARY FIRE DEPARTMENT
CITY OF PATERSON
PFH CONTRIBUTORS
ORAL HISTORY
STATISTICS
CONTACT