Whitehall Fire Department - Firehouses on Waymarking.com

In Whitehall, along Main Street, is this building marked as the Whitehall Fire Department.

The building is located on the east side of Main Street, just south of Riverside Park.

The building is made of brick and is two stories tall. The building has a couple angles - looks like two additions to the original building. On the door of the northern most portion is a door with the words, "Whitehall Fire Department Organized 1913."

The following is from the volunteer fire department site:

"The first volunteer firefighters in Whitehall date back to 1806. A paid fire department was instituted in 1913, resulting in the disbanding of all the volunteer fire companies in service at that time. The paid department was abolished by the village voters in 1985...The Whitehall Volunteer Fire Company was organized in October of 1957, it serves both the village and town of Whitehall, New York. In the late fifties, it was nicknamed the “Volunteers” to differentiate it from the paid department."

The volunteer fire department operates both stations on this road - the other being just 200 ft south and is in the same building as the municipal offices. The volunteer department also has emergency rescue capabilities.

The estimate of the number of fire trucks is from identifying the number of different trucks in the pictures on their web site. In addition, there is a fire boat and a couple cars.

I saw somewhere in a newsletter article about the costs in equipping a firefighter and a number, 35, was given to multiply - this is what I used.

Paid or Volunteer: Volunteer EMS Involvement: yes Has Fire Pole: yes Number of Firetrucks: 5 Related Website: [Web Link] Physical Address: P.O.Box 188 Main Street Whjitehall, NY United States of America 12887 Number of Emergency Staff: 35 Rating: Has 911 Dispatch: Not Listed Has Emergency Call Box: Not Listed Has Emergency Siren: Not Listed Average Alarms Per Year: Not Listed

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