PATERSON FIRE HISTORY
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  • OVERVIEW
    • FIRST CENTURY
    • EVENTS 1890-1894
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    • EVENTS 1940-1959
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    • EVENTS 1980-1999
    • EVENTS 2000-2019
    • EVENTS 2020-2023
  • FIREFIGHTERS
  • CHIEF ENGINEERS
    • ASSISTANT CHIEFS
    • DEPUTY CHIEFS
    • BATTALION CHIEFS
    • CHIEF GIGS
  • THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
    • MEMORIAL SERVICE
  • OBITUARIES / DEATHS
    • 1889-1919 DEATHS
    • 1920-1939 DEATHS
    • 1940-1959 DEATHS
    • 1960-1969 DEATHS
    • 1970-1979 DEATHS
    • 1980-1999 DEATHS
    • 2000-2009 DEATHS
    • 2010 AND LATER
  • NOTABLE FIREFIGHTERS
    • CALAMITA FAMILY
    • CAPTAIN JOHN WEBER
    • CUSACK FAMILY
    • FLEMING FAMILY
    • GERARD DUGAN
    • HANCOCK FAMILY
    • HENRY OTIS HARRIS
    • ISAAC FELICIANO
    • JOHN GILMORE
    • JOSEPH DAYSPRING
    • KEARNEY-FAMILY
    • MARIANI FAMILY
    • McLAUGHLIN FAMILY
    • SALMANOWITZ BROTHERS
    • THE SIMONTONS
    • THE SWEENEYS
  • NOTABLE FIRES/INCIDENTS
  • SPECIAL OP EVENTS
  • TAKING THE HEAT BOOK
  • HISTORICAL REVIEWS
  • 1907 GUARDIAN
  • 1936 HEARD & SEEN COLUMN
  • FIREHOUSE PHOTOS / FACTS
  • SPECIAL OPERATIONS
  • EMS
    • EMS ROSTER
  • COMPANY & FH HISTORY
  • COMMUNICATIONS / FA
    • FIRE BOX LISTS
    • FIRE BOXES & STANCHIONS
    • EVRS STATION LIST
  • FIRE VIDEOS 1991-2011
  • FIRE VIDEOS 2014-2022
  • DOCUDRAMAS
  • APPARATUS
  • APPARATUS VIDEOS
  • NOTABLE EVENTS INDEX
    • PFD STORIES
    • APPARATUS NOTABLES
    • APPTS & PROMOTIONS
    • AWARDS
    • 1960 CHIEF SELECTION
    • GRAND STREET RIOT 1917
    • GROUND ZERO
    • MILITARY
    • PARADES PAID DEPT
    • RED MASS
    • RESCUES
    • RETIREMENTS
    • SISTER LORETTA
    • SPORTS
    • THEATRE DETAIL
  • MEMORABILIA
  • PATCHES DECALS LOGOS SHIRTS
  • WALLPAPER
  • DEPARTMENT PETS
  • TRAINING
  • VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT
    • 1821 - 1854 HISTORY
    • 1815-1890 VOLUNTEER HISTORY
    • 1888 HISTORICAL SUMMARY
    • LOOKING BACKWARDS
    • VOLUNTEER PARADES
    • ANNUAL REPORTS
    • VOLUNTEER CHIEFS >
      • CHIEF ELECTIONS
      • CHIEF BIOS
    • VOLUNTEER PROFILES
    • ANDREW MOSER
    • ENGINE CO APPARATUS LIST
    • OLD GOOSENECK
    • JEFFERS STEAMER
    • VOLUNTEER COMPANIES
  • AUXILIARY FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • EXEMPT ASSOCIATION
    • EXEMPT 1892 BALL
    • EXEMPT BY-LAWS 1902
  • EXEMPT HOME & RELICS
  • FMBA / PFA
    • FMBA BY-LAWS
    • FMBA 1949 FOLLIES
  • BALLBOOKS
    • 1909 BALL BOOK
    • 1916 BALL BOOK
    • 1918 BALL BOOK
    • 1921 ANNUAL BALL
    • 1923 ANNUAL BALL
    • 1928 ANNUAL BALL
    • 1935 PFD BOOSTER
    • 1936 JANUARY PICTORIAL
    • 1936 DECEMBER PICTORIAL
    • 1937 ANNUAL BALL
    • 1938 ANNUAL BALL
    • 1939 ANNUAL BALL
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FIRE





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​ BOXES

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
​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
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1878
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
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​July 3, 1883:  List of Fire Alarm Boxes
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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
 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
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
1897

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
​1915    Fire Alarm Boxes - (2.5 by 5.5 inches election folder)
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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
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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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    • EVENTS 1911-1919
    • EVENTS 1920-1939
    • EVENTS 1940-1959
    • EVENTS 1960-1979
    • EVENTS 1980-1999
    • EVENTS 2000-2019
    • EVENTS 2020-2023
  • FIREFIGHTERS
  • CHIEF ENGINEERS
    • ASSISTANT CHIEFS
    • DEPUTY CHIEFS
    • BATTALION CHIEFS
    • CHIEF GIGS
  • THE SUPREME SACRIFICE
    • MEMORIAL SERVICE
  • OBITUARIES / DEATHS
    • 1889-1919 DEATHS
    • 1920-1939 DEATHS
    • 1940-1959 DEATHS
    • 1960-1969 DEATHS
    • 1970-1979 DEATHS
    • 1980-1999 DEATHS
    • 2000-2009 DEATHS
    • 2010 AND LATER
  • NOTABLE FIREFIGHTERS
    • CALAMITA FAMILY
    • CAPTAIN JOHN WEBER
    • CUSACK FAMILY
    • FLEMING FAMILY
    • GERARD DUGAN
    • HANCOCK FAMILY
    • HENRY OTIS HARRIS
    • ISAAC FELICIANO
    • JOHN GILMORE
    • JOSEPH DAYSPRING
    • KEARNEY-FAMILY
    • MARIANI FAMILY
    • McLAUGHLIN FAMILY
    • SALMANOWITZ BROTHERS
    • THE SIMONTONS
    • THE SWEENEYS
  • NOTABLE FIRES/INCIDENTS
  • SPECIAL OP EVENTS
  • TAKING THE HEAT BOOK
  • HISTORICAL REVIEWS
  • 1907 GUARDIAN
  • 1936 HEARD & SEEN COLUMN
  • FIREHOUSE PHOTOS / FACTS
  • SPECIAL OPERATIONS
  • EMS
    • EMS ROSTER
  • COMPANY & FH HISTORY
  • COMMUNICATIONS / FA
    • FIRE BOX LISTS
    • FIRE BOXES & STANCHIONS
    • EVRS STATION LIST
  • FIRE VIDEOS 1991-2011
  • FIRE VIDEOS 2014-2022
  • DOCUDRAMAS
  • APPARATUS
  • APPARATUS VIDEOS
  • NOTABLE EVENTS INDEX
    • PFD STORIES
    • APPARATUS NOTABLES
    • APPTS & PROMOTIONS
    • AWARDS
    • 1960 CHIEF SELECTION
    • GRAND STREET RIOT 1917
    • GROUND ZERO
    • MILITARY
    • PARADES PAID DEPT
    • RED MASS
    • RESCUES
    • RETIREMENTS
    • SISTER LORETTA
    • SPORTS
    • THEATRE DETAIL
  • MEMORABILIA
  • PATCHES DECALS LOGOS SHIRTS
  • WALLPAPER
  • DEPARTMENT PETS
  • TRAINING
  • VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT
    • 1821 - 1854 HISTORY
    • 1815-1890 VOLUNTEER HISTORY
    • 1888 HISTORICAL SUMMARY
    • LOOKING BACKWARDS
    • VOLUNTEER PARADES
    • ANNUAL REPORTS
    • VOLUNTEER CHIEFS >
      • CHIEF ELECTIONS
      • CHIEF BIOS
    • VOLUNTEER PROFILES
    • ANDREW MOSER
    • ENGINE CO APPARATUS LIST
    • OLD GOOSENECK
    • JEFFERS STEAMER
    • VOLUNTEER COMPANIES
  • AUXILIARY FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • EXEMPT ASSOCIATION
    • EXEMPT 1892 BALL
    • EXEMPT BY-LAWS 1902
  • EXEMPT HOME & RELICS
  • FMBA / PFA
    • FMBA BY-LAWS
    • FMBA 1949 FOLLIES
  • BALLBOOKS
    • 1909 BALL BOOK
    • 1916 BALL BOOK
    • 1918 BALL BOOK
    • 1921 ANNUAL BALL
    • 1923 ANNUAL BALL
    • 1928 ANNUAL BALL
    • 1935 PFD BOOSTER
    • 1936 JANUARY PICTORIAL
    • 1936 DECEMBER PICTORIAL
    • 1937 ANNUAL BALL
    • 1938 ANNUAL BALL
    • 1939 ANNUAL BALL
    • 1941 ANNUAL BALL
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  • ANNUAL REPORTS
  • PFH CONTRIBUTORS
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  • CONTACT
  • CITY OF PATERSON