Central County Fire & Rescue Station 2 - Firehouses on Waymarking.com

County of firehouse: St. Charles County
Location of firehouse: McMenamy Rd. & Cardinal St., St. Peters
Phone: (636) 970-9700

Station #2
• 109 McMenamy
• Protects the Mid Rivers Mall area and Hwy 70
• Built in 2014
• Battalion Chief – shift commander

• Equipment
   • Rescue/pumper 9524 – 4 personnel
   • Rescue boat 9529

Pre-1996

"Central County Fire and Rescue has a rich history that spans well over a century. In June of 1904, at a time when the St. Peters population was only about two hundred people, the St. Peters Volunteer Fire Company was founded. The 24 volunteers worked out of a small wooden building and used a hand-pumped fire engine. In 1921, local businesses were asked to “subscribe” to the Fire Company for $1 per month to help fund repairs and expenses. In 1941, the department incorporated as the St. Peters Community Fire Department. In 1971, the department transitioned to become the St. Peters Fire Protection District. The first paid employee was hired in 1978, an Assistant Fire Marshall. By 1991, with four firehouses and thirty-three employees, the district served a population of fifty thousand people over fifty-two square miles.

"Meanwhile across town, the St. Charles Township Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1947 by the St. Charles Chamber of Commerce and funded by $100 donations from six individuals, and later, a $500 donation from the county court. The Chamber eventually promoted and helped organize departments at Orchard Farm, Portage des Sioux, Cottleville and St. Charles. Responsible for covering the unincorporated portions of St. Charles county, the department worked together with the St. Charles Fire Department to operate its two firetrucks out of St. Charles City firehouses; an American LaFrance Pioneer gas powered engine at SCFD firehouse #2 on Boonslick Rd and one of the first American LaFrance Pioneer diesel automatics at firehouse #1 at N. 6th & Clark St.

"Two other trucks were housed in privately owned garages, owned by an affluent family in the community. One of the trucks was a homemade International 4×4 housed in a small garage at Lindenwood Ave & Gallaher Ave in the City of St. Charles, which also served as a training site. A fourth truck was housed in a small garage on the property of the caretaker of the St. Charles Golf Course on Friedens Road. At some point in the 1960’s, the department experienced two line-of-duty deaths. Following a fire, the two were loading hose onto a firetruck when the driver had a medical emergency and inadvertently backed over them.

"At some point in the early 1970’s the St. Charles Township Volunteer Fire Department transitioned to become the St. Charles Fire Protection District." ~ CCFR