With the turn of the century, motorized auto cars and flat bed chassis became prevalent in the fire service. Haverstraw had two companies equipped as such, Relief Hose with a Sterns 3-60 Automobile and Hale pump. Lady Warren had hose on a Pope-Hartford chassis . General Warren responded with the Union engine, and a 2 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Haverstraw'
1919 AC MACK TRIPLE COMBINATION PUMPING ENGINE
January 28th, 2012 · No Comments · Apparatus
Tags: 1919·AC MACK·Haverstraw·PUMPING ENGINE·TRIPLE COMBINATION
Researching Haverstraw
June 25th, 2011 · No Comments · History, Membership
The General Warren Emergency Company #2 has operated continuously for 157 years, and our records, photo’s and stories speak volumes of the history of the Village of Haverstraw and it’s Fire Department. As we entered our 150th year back in 2004, we had the ability to identify the names of all of our membership rolls [...]
Tags: 1854·2011·H.F.D.·Haverstraw·Newspaper·Rockland Messenger
Haverstraw FD 2010 Inspection and Parade
May 17th, 2010 · No Comments · H.F.D., Inspection
The weather was great and the turnout big. Click above for more pictures of the parade. Inspection Results Best Overall Relief Hose #3 Many thanks to all who joined us on Saturday!
Tags: 2010 Inspection·Haverstraw·HFD
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
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 [...]
Tags: Diaphone·Fire Whistle·Gamewell·Haverstraw·Warning With Distinction
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 [...]
Tags: 1998·4-EM·Haverstraw·Heavy Rescue·Saulsbury·SpartanGladiator
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 [...]
Tags: Charles Fales·Harry Joachim·Haverstraw·Jack Feeney·The Combination·William Babcock·William Pallett
