The P.F.D. History page!

This is a brief history of the Philadelphia Fire Department. On March 22,1976 the Department was started by a group of men in the Philadelphia comunity who wanted to lower their Home Owners insurance rates. They heard of a fire truck for sale by the Jonesboro Fire Department and decided to bid on it. They were successful in obtaining the truck and some other equipment to use in starting the Department. The truck (pictured at the left) was a 1951 GMC Pumper. It held 500 gallons of water in the booster tank and had a 500 gpm pump. The truck was later sold after the department bought a 1980 Ford-FMC pumper.

This new truck (Pictured at Right) held 750 gal. of water and had a 750 gpm. pump. Since then there have been many other Fire Apparatus purchased and sold and the department fleet has grown to 7 apparatus and 2 stations. We have 20 Firefighters. This includes the Fire Chief, 2 Asst. Chiefs, 4 Captains,and 4 Lieutenants. The members began meeting on Thursday nights and have continued this schedule each week since.

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