FIRE STATION LOCATIONS
Page remains under construction for post 1976 Stations
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When a street box was pulled by a citizen, 4 "rounds" would sound through out the department firehouses. For example Box 451, if pulled would make the gongs sound "4-5-1" 4 times (repeats called "rounds") - In each round the bells would chime once - slight pause - then 4 times - slight pause then 5 times then slight pause
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and 1 time. That sequence would occur 4 times in succession. If a citizen called via phone for a fire in that area (Box 451 was Main Street and Broadway) Fire Alarm would dispatch the first due company and then transmit "451" only two rounds.
1872-1873: Early Fire Stations - Paterson's Volunteer Fire Department - Fire Alarm Telegraph system established and became operational in 1873
1873
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1878
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All boxes except those marked private required a citizens key to open: Note newspaper clip at right
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March 3, 1874: First anniversary of Gamewell fire alarm telegraph system installation
July 3, 1883: List of Fire Alarm Boxes
Paterson Press
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1890: Not a complete list
52: Main and Smith Streets
53: Main and Taylor Streets
54: Mechanic and Carroll Streets
56: Main and Barclay Streets
61: Hamburgh and Union Avenues
62; Madison and Cedar Street
63: River Street and 5th Avenue
64: Temple and Matlock Streets
65: River and Sassafras Streets
71: R. Adams' Mill, Van Houten Street (private)
72: City Hall
73: Broadway and Paterson Streets
74: 12th Avenue and East 25th Street
81: Slater Street and Dale Avenue
82: Grand and Jersey Streets
83: Slater and Marshall Streets
52: Main and Smith Streets
53: Main and Taylor Streets
54: Mechanic and Carroll Streets
56: Main and Barclay Streets
61: Hamburgh and Union Avenues
62; Madison and Cedar Street
63: River Street and 5th Avenue
64: Temple and Matlock Streets
65: River and Sassafras Streets
71: R. Adams' Mill, Van Houten Street (private)
72: City Hall
73: Broadway and Paterson Streets
74: 12th Avenue and East 25th Street
81: Slater Street and Dale Avenue
82: Grand and Jersey Streets
83: Slater and Marshall Streets
1895:
12: Mill and Oliver Streets
13: Main and Grand Streets
14: Market Street and Railroad Avenue
16: Grant's Locomotive Works, Market Street (private)
17: Roger's Locomotive Works, Spruce Street (private)
18: Tyler and Straight Streets
19: Temple and North 7th Streets
21: Bridge and River Streets
23: River Street and Erie Railroad
24: Market and Vine Streets
25: Peach and Straight Street
26: Marshall and Braun Streets
27: Broadway and Summer Streets
28: Albion Avenue and Henry Street
29: Holsman and Jefferson Streets
31: North Main and North Straight Streets
32: North Main and Clinton Streets
34: Hamburgh Avenue and North West Street
35: No. 8 Engine House, Wayne Avenue
36: East 18th Street and 12th Avenue
37: East 25th Street and Park Avenue
38: River and Montgomery Streets
41: Stoney Road
42: Mill and Market Streets
43: Clay and Lewis Streets
45: Main Street and Hamilton Avenue
46: Broadway and Mulberry Street
47: No. 3 Engine House, Prospect Street
51: Van Houten Street and McGee's Alley
52: Main and Ward Streets
53: Main and Taylor Streets
54: 16th Avenue and Carroll Street
56: Main and Barclay Streets
61: Hamburgh and Union Avenues
62: Madison Avenue and Cedar Street
63: River Street and 5th Avenue
64: Temple and Matlock Streets
65: River and Sassafras Streets
71: R & H Adams Mill, Van Houten Street (private)
72: City Hall
73: Broadway and Paterson Street
74: 12th Avenue and East 25th Street
81: Slater Street and Dale Avenue
82: Grand and Jersey Streets
83: Slater and Marshall Streets
91: East Holsman and North Bridge Streets
92: Passaic Rolling Mill, Straight Street (private)
112: Hill Street and Ryerson Avenue
114: Hamil and Booth's Mill, Ward Street (private)
123: Graham and Hamilton Avenues
124: Hamilton Avenue and Bridge Street
125: Ellison and Straight Streets
126: Clay and Mill Streets
127: Strange's Mill, Madison Street (private)
128: Almshouse
132: East Main and Height Streets
135: Front Street and Paterson Avenue
136: Park Avenue and East 18th Street
137: East 22nd Street and Broadway
138: Walder's Mill, River Street (private)
141: Little Falls Road
142: Hamil and Booth's Mill, Mill Street (private)
143: Dexter and Lambert's Mill, Straight Street (private)
145: West and Ryerson Streets
146: Van Houten Street, opposite Furman Street
153: Main Street and Gould Avenue
156: Marshall and Paxton Streets
162: Branford Brothers Mill, Madison Street (private)
163: Johnson and Cowdin & Company Mill, River Street (private)
164: Pelgram and Meyers' Mill, Matlock Street (private)
165: Wood and east 5th Streets
174: Morlet's Dye Works, East 33rd Street (private)
191: Bamford Brothers Mill, Madison Street (private)
192: Jefferson and North 5th Streets
212: Dolphin Mill, Spruce Street (private)
214: Barnert Mill, Railroad Avenue (private)
231: Jefferson Street and Garfield Avenue
235: Union and Preakness Avenues
236: Carroll and Tyler Streets
237: Vreeland and Park Avenues
243: Straight and Essex Streets
251: Standard Oil Works, Railroad Avenue (private)
254: Graham Avenue and Ellison Street
261: Totowa Avenue and Kearney Street
264: Circle Avenue and Clinton Street
284: Jasper Street and Crosby Avenue
285: Wayne and Union Avenues
314: Railroad Avenue and Green Street
326: Washington Avenue and Green Street
351: Preakness Avenue, opposite #397
354: Vreeland Avenue and Midland Railroad
362: McNab and Harlin Shop, Straight Street (private)
412: West 26th and New Streets
435: Totowa and Preakness Avenues
436: Clay and Vine Streets
437: East 20th Street and Vine Avenue
438: Market and East 29th Streets
451: Main Street and Broadway (keyless box)
472: Market and Main Streets (keyless box)
524: Ward and Clark Streets
542: No. 6 Engine House, Market and Pennington Streets
562: Main Street and Bloomfield Avenue
563: Getty and Delaware Avenues
564: Cooke's Locomotive Works, Getty nd Madison Avenue (private)
632: 5th Avenue and Erie Railroad Crossing
634: 3rd Avenue and East 19th street
651: North York Avenue and Lyons Streets
652: Lafayette Avenue and Mercer Streets
821: Grand and Spruce Streets
12: Mill and Oliver Streets
13: Main and Grand Streets
14: Market Street and Railroad Avenue
16: Grant's Locomotive Works, Market Street (private)
17: Roger's Locomotive Works, Spruce Street (private)
18: Tyler and Straight Streets
19: Temple and North 7th Streets
21: Bridge and River Streets
23: River Street and Erie Railroad
24: Market and Vine Streets
25: Peach and Straight Street
26: Marshall and Braun Streets
27: Broadway and Summer Streets
28: Albion Avenue and Henry Street
29: Holsman and Jefferson Streets
31: North Main and North Straight Streets
32: North Main and Clinton Streets
34: Hamburgh Avenue and North West Street
35: No. 8 Engine House, Wayne Avenue
36: East 18th Street and 12th Avenue
37: East 25th Street and Park Avenue
38: River and Montgomery Streets
41: Stoney Road
42: Mill and Market Streets
43: Clay and Lewis Streets
45: Main Street and Hamilton Avenue
46: Broadway and Mulberry Street
47: No. 3 Engine House, Prospect Street
51: Van Houten Street and McGee's Alley
52: Main and Ward Streets
53: Main and Taylor Streets
54: 16th Avenue and Carroll Street
56: Main and Barclay Streets
61: Hamburgh and Union Avenues
62: Madison Avenue and Cedar Street
63: River Street and 5th Avenue
64: Temple and Matlock Streets
65: River and Sassafras Streets
71: R & H Adams Mill, Van Houten Street (private)
72: City Hall
73: Broadway and Paterson Street
74: 12th Avenue and East 25th Street
81: Slater Street and Dale Avenue
82: Grand and Jersey Streets
83: Slater and Marshall Streets
91: East Holsman and North Bridge Streets
92: Passaic Rolling Mill, Straight Street (private)
112: Hill Street and Ryerson Avenue
114: Hamil and Booth's Mill, Ward Street (private)
123: Graham and Hamilton Avenues
124: Hamilton Avenue and Bridge Street
125: Ellison and Straight Streets
126: Clay and Mill Streets
127: Strange's Mill, Madison Street (private)
128: Almshouse
132: East Main and Height Streets
135: Front Street and Paterson Avenue
136: Park Avenue and East 18th Street
137: East 22nd Street and Broadway
138: Walder's Mill, River Street (private)
141: Little Falls Road
142: Hamil and Booth's Mill, Mill Street (private)
143: Dexter and Lambert's Mill, Straight Street (private)
145: West and Ryerson Streets
146: Van Houten Street, opposite Furman Street
153: Main Street and Gould Avenue
156: Marshall and Paxton Streets
162: Branford Brothers Mill, Madison Street (private)
163: Johnson and Cowdin & Company Mill, River Street (private)
164: Pelgram and Meyers' Mill, Matlock Street (private)
165: Wood and east 5th Streets
174: Morlet's Dye Works, East 33rd Street (private)
191: Bamford Brothers Mill, Madison Street (private)
192: Jefferson and North 5th Streets
212: Dolphin Mill, Spruce Street (private)
214: Barnert Mill, Railroad Avenue (private)
231: Jefferson Street and Garfield Avenue
235: Union and Preakness Avenues
236: Carroll and Tyler Streets
237: Vreeland and Park Avenues
243: Straight and Essex Streets
251: Standard Oil Works, Railroad Avenue (private)
254: Graham Avenue and Ellison Street
261: Totowa Avenue and Kearney Street
264: Circle Avenue and Clinton Street
284: Jasper Street and Crosby Avenue
285: Wayne and Union Avenues
314: Railroad Avenue and Green Street
326: Washington Avenue and Green Street
351: Preakness Avenue, opposite #397
354: Vreeland Avenue and Midland Railroad
362: McNab and Harlin Shop, Straight Street (private)
412: West 26th and New Streets
435: Totowa and Preakness Avenues
436: Clay and Vine Streets
437: East 20th Street and Vine Avenue
438: Market and East 29th Streets
451: Main Street and Broadway (keyless box)
472: Market and Main Streets (keyless box)
524: Ward and Clark Streets
542: No. 6 Engine House, Market and Pennington Streets
562: Main Street and Bloomfield Avenue
563: Getty and Delaware Avenues
564: Cooke's Locomotive Works, Getty nd Madison Avenue (private)
632: 5th Avenue and Erie Railroad Crossing
634: 3rd Avenue and East 19th street
651: North York Avenue and Lyons Streets
652: Lafayette Avenue and Mercer Streets
821: Grand and Spruce Streets
1896
The following stations were made keyless: #13, 14, 32, 52, 72
New Bell Striker added at new City Hall Tower
New keyless boxes placed at
413: West 27th Street near school 7
561: Getty Avenue and Thomas Street
741: 12th Avenue and East 31st Street
New Bell Striker added at new City Hall Tower
New keyless boxes placed at
413: West 27th Street near school 7
561: Getty Avenue and Thomas Street
741: 12th Avenue and East 31st Street
1897
382: Summer and Montgomery Streets
565: Trenton and Dundee Avenues
635: Sixth and Madison Avenues
382: Summer and Montgomery Streets
565: Trenton and Dundee Avenues
635: Sixth and Madison Avenues
1898
The following stations were made keyless:
47: Now labeled as at H&L Co 2, Prospect Street
145: Now labeled as West and River Streets
156: Now Court and Pacific Streets
326: Now Washington Avenue and Jackson Street
361: Tenth Avenue and East 23rd Street
415: West 24th Street opposite West 27th Street
416: Totowa Avenue and North 22nd Street
437: Now at East 21st Street and 22nd Avenue
512: Ellison and Mill Streets (keyless)
513: Market and Mill Streets (keyless)
514: Passaic and Cross Streets (keyless)
523: Cross and Elm Streets (keyless)
531; Main and Cay Streets
543: Huron and Market Streets
566: Paxton Street and Genessee Avenue
724: Market and Church Streets
831: Mill Street between Clay and Slater Streets
The following stations were made keyless:
47: Now labeled as at H&L Co 2, Prospect Street
145: Now labeled as West and River Streets
156: Now Court and Pacific Streets
326: Now Washington Avenue and Jackson Street
361: Tenth Avenue and East 23rd Street
415: West 24th Street opposite West 27th Street
416: Totowa Avenue and North 22nd Street
437: Now at East 21st Street and 22nd Avenue
512: Ellison and Mill Streets (keyless)
513: Market and Mill Streets (keyless)
514: Passaic and Cross Streets (keyless)
523: Cross and Elm Streets (keyless)
531; Main and Cay Streets
543: Huron and Market Streets
566: Paxton Street and Genessee Avenue
724: Market and Church Streets
831: Mill Street between Clay and Slater Streets
1915 Fire Alarm Boxes - (2.5 by 5.5 inches election folder)
Dayspring Collection
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1928 FMBA Ball Book Listing of Fire Alarm Stations
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1951 Fire Alarm Boxes and company responses - FMBA Pamphlet
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Photo from 1898 City Officers of Paterson Annual Report
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Station 358 - Westmont Home on Totowa Avenue
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Fire Stations listed in 1956 FMBA Ball Book
1961 FMBA Pamphlet of fire stations. In this series the apparatus are listed in order of response - First due, second due, third due, etc
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