Saturday, February 28, 2015

Chambersburg Fire Department, Headquarters Station









Chambersburg Fire Department, Headquarters Station, 130 North Second Street, Chambersburg, Pa. Franklin County Station 1. The Chambersburg Fire Department is a combination career and volunteer department. What started in 1780 with the Friendships, the Juniors in 1872, the Good Will in 1877 , the Cumberland Valley also in 1877 and the Franklins in 1903 (and the many other companies in-between) saw some consolidation in the mid-1970's. In 1975 Headquarters station was built to house the Junior and CV companies. In 1976 the Friendship and Good Will companies moved together into the McKinley Street Station. Also in 1976, William Sheppard was hired as the first career Fire Chief.

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