In 2000, the Vigilant Fire Company #2, Shawnee Company #3 and the Keystone Company #5 merged into the Columbia Consolidated Fire Company. Columbia is in western Lancaster County, PA. They have a website, but you'll find out more about them here. Station 2 is located at 265 South Tenth Street in Columbia.
I was asked recently who was the oldest Vigilant Company. My latest research shows 46 Vigilants, the older ones would be the Vigilant Engine Company in Georgetown, DC - 1817, the Vigilant Engine Company #7 in Baltimore - 1804 and the Vigilant Steam Fire Engine Company in Charleston SC - 1819. None of these made it into the 20th century. The Vigilant Fire Company in York, PA started in 1781 and still exists today as part of the York Fire Department.
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