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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
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

 

North End Fire Station, Built 1913

Used by the Citizens Hose Company, the North End Fire Station was moved from Central Avenue to West Drullard Avenue in 1950.

The CHC used the building until 1968 when it was torn down after construction of the present station on West Drullard Avenue.


 

 
   

Lancaster Fire Department
 P.O. Box 15  |  Lancaster, New York 14086
info@lancasterfd.org

Station # 1
5423 Broadway
Lancaster, NY 14086
Phone: 716.683.1901  |  Fax: 716.683.1903

Station # 2
24 West Drullard Avenue
Lancaster, NY 14086
Phone: 716.683.2602

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