LFD History

From Buckets to Diesels: The Story of the Lancaster Fire Department
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Lancaster Fire Department: Historical Annotations
UPDATED JANUARY 2009

Historic Companies of the Lancaster Fire Department

Rescue Hook and Ladder Company # 1, 1874 - Present

Neptune Engine Company, 1876-1881

Cayuga Engine Company, 1881-1896

Fuller Hose Company # 1, 1882

Eagle Hose Company, 1885 - Present

Citizens Hose Company, 1889 - Present

Alert Hose Company, 1894-1896

Protective Hose Company, 1896 - Present

Soemann Hose Company, 1903-1905

Lancaster Chemical Company # 1, 1904

Past Chiefs of the Lancaster Fire Department, 1874-2006