Speigletown District Volunteer Fire Company

In the summer of 1944, a group of men got together and decided that the Speigletown area needed a Fire Company. That same year, the group formed, met at the schoolhouse and elected its first officers. This was the conception of the SPEIGLETOWN DISTRICT VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY. Now that the Fire Company was under way, there was much needed money to be raised to fit up the Company with a pumper and a building.

In January and March of 1945, members and friends raised a total of $1,700.00 through a series of round and square dances. Also in March of 1945, this new group of firefighters, under the direction of its first Chief, Harrold Murphy, responded to the scene of a barn fire. The fire spread to the house which resulted in both the house and barn being completely burned to the ground. Without any equipment, the courageous group of men saved much of the furniture and household goods.

At last, in August of 1945, the Speigletown Fire Company purchased its first pumper for $5,700.00. The pumper was delivered in the spring of 1946 and by the fall of that year, the membership had grown to a body of 111 members.

The firehouse began to become a reality in September 1946 as construction got underway by the membership. The site of the firehouse construction was on a lot at Milk's Pond and until the firehouse was completed, the pumper was housed in Irv Gordon's barn. Finally, the pumper and firemen moved into their new home on February 14, 1947 at the present location of today's modern and much expanded firehouse.

As time moved on, the need of additional firefighting equipment became apparent. In october 1947, the company purchased its first tanker. This was the beginning of the continued growth of the Speigletown Fire Company. In 1954, the tenth anniversary of the Fire Company, membership was a solid 150 members. By 1962, membership was at a high of 300 members. As years moved on and the Fire Company matured, it experienced growth, change and modernization into its present lean, educated and better equipped Company, ready to serve.

When the Company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1994, the Speigletown Fire Company had a total active membership of 30, one tanker, two pumpers, a fully equipped EMS/Rescue truck and a modern station. Not too long ago, the station engine room was extended to house the new engine ladder truck. The Company now houses a brush truck, engine ladder, pumper, tanker, and a tactical unit trailer. Membership is at about 35 with a compliment of trained EMT's, highly trained and skilled fire fighters, safety officers and a full squad of fire police.