The General Warren Emergency Company #2 was formed on May 15, 1854 following the incorporation of the Village of Warren, NY. Funding for the purchase of a hand pumper, hose, and quarters for a fire company was approved at that meeting. The Village of Warren, in exchange for a body of volunteer firefighters, issued this [...]
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The General Warren Emergency Company #2
June 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Front Page
Tags: 1854·Ever Ready When Duty Calls·General Warren Emergency Company #2·Heavy Rescue Company·May 15
Warning with Distinction: The Fire Whistle
May 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Front Page, History
The age old method to alert the membership to a fire alarm fell upon a Village watchman, who after hearing a resident scream, or when finding a fire, would run to the Methodist Church on Fourth Street and ring the bell to alert the membership. The brickyards had steam whistles that would sound on the [...]
Tags: 44 Control·Diaphone·Gamewell·Home Alert·Quick Call·Rockland County Fire Control
2010 Annual Meeting
April 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Front Page, Membership
The General Warren Emergency Co.#2 is pleased to announce its Officers and Delegates for 2010. Line Officers: Captain Bart Gordon First Lieutenant Gary Nash House Officers: President Bud Wassmer Vice President Joe Gordon Department Officers: Warden Andy Connors Warden Matt Connors Delegates to the 2010 Chiefs Convention: Ex-Chief Joseph P Gordon 1964-1966 Ex-Chief Frank ‘Bud’ [...]
Tags: 2010·Annual Meeting·Chiefs Delegates·General Warren Emergency Company·H.F.D.Line Officers·Officers
From Whence He Came: The General
November 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Front Page, History
One of the enduring legacies of the General Warren Emergency Company #2 is the statue of General Joseph Warren. The General, a three foot high painted plaster likeness of the great man, has occupied its place in the company history and quarters for time immemorial. The origins of the General are unknown, and his being will be forever a mystery. In the mid [...]
Tags: 155 Years·1854·2009·Frank McKiernan·H.F.D.·Jack Ginnity·May15·The Lodge
The Flashlight and Iodine Truck
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · Apparatus, Front Page
1936 SEAGRAVE RESCUE AND SALVAGE TRUCK The 1936 Seagrave was the second motorized apparatus purchased for General Warren. This truck was designed to carry lighting, salvage equipment, and in a new development, tools for industrial accidents and automobile extrication. With war clouds on the horizon, and before the advent of the ambulance corps, many departments [...]
Tags: 1936 Seagrave·automobile extrication·Fire Rescue·Lighting·Salvage·The Flashlight and Iodine Truck
The Hose Carts
September 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Apparatus, Front Page, History
During 1884, an application was received by the Village Board to supply Haverstraw with water, and shortly thereafter construction started on a pressurized water system. By 1885, it was recommended to the Board of Engineers that fire hydrants be placed throughout the Village to improve fire protection. This work was to commence the next spring, and [...]
Tags: Congers FD Steamer·Fire Hydrants·Handtub·Hose Carriage·L. Button & Company
The Middle Street Quarters
August 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Front Page, Quarters
On May 15th, 1854 upon incorporation of the Village of Warren, the Warren Fire Department was formed. The push for incorporation of the Village was a direct result of a number of devastating fires that had visited the downtown area, and funding for permanent water supplies and for a new apparatus was approved at that [...]
Tags: 1854·General Warren Engine Company No. 1·Hand Engine Company #1·Haverstraw·May 15th·Middle Street·subscription·Warren Fire Department
The Haverstraw Fire Department
April 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Front Page, H.F.D.
The Haverstraw Fire Department, Rockland County Department 4, consists of a Fire Council of one Chief Officer, four Assistant Chief Officers, and 10 Wardens who administer the Haverstraw Fire Department. Operationaly, the Fire Chief and his 4 assistants lead the Department at all non-EMS emergency incidents in the Village of Haverstraw, New York. Companies Rescue [...]
Tags: Chief Al Lynch·Chief Patrick McNamee·Chief Peter Rugg·Chief Robert Drexler Jr.·Chief Thomas Price·Haverstraw Fire Department Officers 2009 2010
Chiefs Convention Haverstraw Fire Department
April 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Convention, Front Page, History
On February 14, 1859 the New York State Legislature passed an act which provided for, and regulated the election of a Chief and two Assistant Chiefs of the Fire Department of the Village of Warren, now Haverstraw, New York. The first convention held under this Act was on May 8 1859 in the United States Hotel , [...]
Tags: 2009·Chiefs Convention·H.F.D.·Peter Rugg·The Combination
2009 Annual Meeting
April 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Front Page, H.F.D., Membership
The General Warren Emergency Co.#2 is pleased to announce its Officers and Delegates for 2009. Line Officers: Captain Bart Gordon First Lieutenant Gary Nash Department Officers: Warden Andy Connors Warden Matt Connors Delegates to the 2009 Chiefs Convention: Ex-Chief Joseph P Gordon 1964-1966 Ex-Chief Frank ‘Bud’ Wassmer 1991-1992 Ex-Chief Andrew Connors 1999-2000 Nominee for the Chief [...]
Tags: 2009·Annual Meeting·Chiefs·Delegates·General Warren Emergency Company·H.F.D.·Line Officers·Officers
