General Warren Emergency Company #2

Haverstraw New York

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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 [...]

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Warning With Distinction: The Fire Whistle

December 13th, 2008 · No Comments · H.F.D., 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 north side of town. Near the turn of the 19th [...]

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1998 Saulsbury Spartan Gladiator Heavy Rescue

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Apparatus, Front Page

The General Warren Emergency Company is the Heavy Rescue Company of the Haverstraw Fire Department. General Warren Emergency Company responds as unit 4-EM to all activities dispatched to Rockland County Department 4. 4-EM is equipped with onboard extrication tools, air bags, portable generators, ventilation equipment, power tools, lighting, portable pumps, firefighter S.C.B.A., firefighter comfort, and [...]

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The Combination

May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · H.F.D., History

For the first 80 years of the Haverstraw Fire Department, Leadership was in the form of 1 Chief and 2 Assistant Chiefs, who were duly elected from 3 of the  5 companies. Politics played a dominate role in the early Department, with firehouses the center of political life in the Village. Politics also played a [...]

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