Vigilant Hose Company, No. 1, former station, 129 East King Street, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Cumberland County Company 52. Organized February 22, 1843 as the Vigilant Fire Company and re-chartered as the Vigilant Hose Company No. 1 of Shippensburg in 1899. Originally housed at this location in the old Council House located at this same location. The Council House was replaced by the Municipal Building that opened on September 20, 1928. Both the Council House an the Municipal Building were shared with the borough administration and the police department. On June 16, 2012 the Vigilants moved their operation to the newly built Shippensburg Emergency Services Building, along with Shippensburg EMS, at 20 Walnut Bottom Road. The First Church of God purchased the building from the VHC and following major renovations reopened the building for multiple purposes.
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