North Beaver Township Volunteer Fire Department, Station 1, 969 Mount Jackson Road, New Castle, Pennsylvania, Lawrence County Station 700. Established in 1947, apparatus originally was housed in a local barn in Mount Jackson, in 1950 they purchased the old Prison Inn on Bessemer Road. In 1964 the current Station 1 was built with additional bays and meeting room added in 1974. Named Winger Memorial Hall in honor of Assistant Chief Richard Y. Winger who died in the line of duty. He was electrocuted July 3, 1957 while fighting a fire in a chicken coop.
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