Lancaster City Bureau of Fire, Station 3, 333 East King Street, Lancaster, Pa. Lancaster County Station 64. Lancaster City Bureau of Fire, Station 1, 433 West King Street, Lancaster, Pa. Lancaster County Station 64. The volunteer fire service in Lancaster dates back to the 1760's with The Union Fire Company, the Sun Fire Company and The Friendship Fire Company. The paid department in Lancaster was approved by the city on December 21, 1881 and then commenced operations in February 1882. The current station 3 was built in 1968. The Firefighter Memorial was dedicated in 2007 and the statue was added in 2008.
I was blessed ,i thank all Residents and businesses that help make this memorial
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Chairman Clyde R Snyder FF
Posed for statue and work out of this station most of 29 year career .
What a great memorial for the City of Lancaster! It pleases me and same time is sad to see that Edward De Mora age 28 was the second man to die in line of duty. My great grandfather (paternal side) never got over his death. Our family had always long history with the Lancaster Fire Depart, volunteer Johannes Messenkop in the 1760's and his son's there after where even the Demuth/Messenkop shop now keeps some of the first firefighters hats.
ReplyDelete"To remember the sacrifice of these men is to keep their memories alive" Joyce Messenkop DeMora-Stellick. jstellick27@gmail.com