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FLFD OrganizedDecember 4, 1924
Franklin Lakes was formed as a Borough in 1922. Two years later in the Winter of 1924, the Borough still had no fire protection. On December 4, with a blizzard raging outside, the gentlemen citizens of Franklin Lakes held an open meeting to discuss the formation of a Volunteer Fire Company.
The Mayor of Franklin Lakes at the time, William Valentine Pulis spoke of being strongly in favor of creating our own department and Harry Gale McNomee of the Oakland Fire Department was invited to speak to the assembled group on the efforts necessary to form a fire company.
At the conclusion of the meeting, twenty-five men stepped up and became the founders of the Franklin Lakes Fire Department.
Original Members who signed up 12/4/24
Alfred H. Ackerman
William H. Ainlay
Frederick Bender
Robert Bender
Roy Bender
Samuel Bowers
Samuel Bowers,Jr.
C.H. Bush
Ernest E. Bush
Kendall W. Chilton
E.F. Clark
Mike Cook
Harry E. Estes Jr.
Claude C. Ferdinand
Aaron Hopper
John A. Hopper
Stephen Jackson
Albert Lozier
John Howard Payne
Dewitt Pruden
William Pulis
William V. Pulis
John R. Sanders
Delbert Teter
J. G. Valentine
Ezra Voorhis
It should be noted that at this meeting it was decided that because of the foul weather that the new department would actively seek to add members through the beginning of the new year. A 1934 publication for the 10th Anniversary of the FLFD shows the following men added to the Charter as founding members:
A.Z. Ackerman
Robert Allen
Harry Atema
August Bender
Charles Bowers
M.W. Burnish
Roy Bush
Dennis Butler
Harry Carlough
K.W. Chilton
Henry L. Clark
W.H. DeBrot
George C. Demarest
J.R. Ewing
Charles Fox
Charles J. Fox
Edward Gorman
Francis Gorman
Frank Heath
August Hilbig
Stephen Jackson
F.L. Kackenmacher
Joseph Masker
Harry McKee
Hiram Meredith
Geo. J. Paterson
John B. Protheroe
A.W. Ramsey
L.S. Reyenga
Angelo Rizzo
R.T. Rothwell
F.P. Sanders
F.H. Schefers
Norman F. Sisco
William F. Sisco
Clarence Smith
John B. Storms
John R. Van Houten
John C. Vermuelen
Henry Voorhis
Arnold Walders
Henry Zuhr
Meeting minutesNovember 24,1908 - May 2, 1910
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Territory identifiedDecember 14, 1908
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Apparatus committee appointedDecember 28, 1908
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Apparatus identified, Equipment committee appointedJanuary 7, 1909
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Committees reportJanuary 19, 1909
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Building identifiedFebruary 1, 1909
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Equipment ordered, Building purchasedFebruary 15, 1909
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Equipment, building purchasesMarch 1, 1909
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Whistle acquired, districts to be organizedMarch 15, 1909
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Districts organizedApril 5, 1909
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Building purchasedMay 1912
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Apparatus purchasedAugust 1913
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Motorized apparatus purchasedMay 1917
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Fire police establishedJune 2, 1924
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Ezmirelda the pumper acquiredJune 3, 1929
The fire company awarded a contract to the Hahn Company for a pumper equipped with booster tanks. This equipment was delivered to the company on June 3, 1929 at a cost of $3,700.00. This truck was affectionately known as “Ezmirelda.”
New building1942
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750 GPM pumper purchasedAugust 15, 1947
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Utility truck acquiredDecember 8, 1950
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Pump truck acquiredOctober 1, 1951
The company placed an order with Ebert’s Motors of Lansdale for a 1951 International chassis and awarded a contact to Harwick Manufacturing of West Point to build the body according to the company’s specifications. The truck was to have a three-stage centrifugal pump. This truck was delivered to the company in October of 1952.
Radios purchased1953
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First firefighting chaplain in PA1956
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Junior Fireman Brigade formed1957
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