SPORT: Tom Lynch
1919 Mack AC Combination Pumping Engine
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 wheeled hose-cart.
General Warren Hose Company #2 would come to accept delivery, on September 27th, 1919, of a Mack AC Combination Pumping Engine, our first motorized apparatus. The Mack had a 300 gpm pump, 300 gallon tank, 40 gallon chemical extinguisher, 1200 feet of 2 1\2″, and assorted tools.
We were by this time known as General Warren Hose Company #2, evidenced by the lettering on the truck. The 1919 Mack Triple Combination pumper served the company until 1936 and was last seen as the village honey wagon well into the 1950’s.
2015 Annual Fund Drive
“EVER READY WHEN DUTY CALLS”
General Warren Emergency Company No.2
HAVERSTRAW, NEW YORK 10927
Organized on May 15, 1854
Dear Neighbor:
General Warren Emergency Company #2 of the Haverstraw Fire Department is conducting its Annual Fund Drive for 2015 at this time. The General Warren Emergency Company #2 is an ALL VOLUNTEER Fire Company located in the Village of Haverstraw, on the corner of Fairmount and Maple Avenue.
Last year, our volunteers responded to over
230 FIRE AND EMERGENCY CALLS
Including
FIRES
AUTOMOBILE EXTRICATION’S
FLOODS
RIVER RESCUES
This FUND DRIVE will help defray the costs of several yearly obligations including our North Rockland High School Scholarship Program and Membership fees in our Benevolent Organizations. Our RELIEF FUND, which supports our families in time of need and marks our members’ burials in perpetuity, is also funded exclusively from these donations.
As we do on an ANNUAL BASIS we are asking you for FINANCIAL SUPPORT. Inside, you will find a self-addressed envelope to help make your TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION possible.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT
General Warren Emergency Co. #2
25 Fairmont Avenue
Haverstraw, NY 10927
Visit us on the web at www.gwe2.org
General Joseph Warren
General Joseph Warren was born in Roxbury Massachusetts on June 11, 1741 and graduated Harvard University in 1759. Joseph Warren was a physician and an able orator, and he became a member of the Boston Committee of Correspondence in 1772. Joseph Warren was a true revolutionary, constantly speaking of independence from Great Britain, and was the most popular rebel of his time. At a time when other revolutionaries left Boston for the countryside, Joseph Warren stayed in town to continue his agitation for independence. General Warren was killed in action at the Battle of Breeds Hill, on June 16, 1775. At the time the village was formed in May of 1854, the name Warren was synonymous with bravery and independence. The General Warren Emergency Company #2 to this day is proud to bear the name of such a true revolutionary.