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Barrie Fire Department, ON

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The early history of the Penn Yan Fire Department

By Jonathan Monfiletto

Penn Yan has had some sort of organized fire protection since shortly after its incorporation as a village in 1833. In fact, the Penn Yan Fire Department of today can trace its origins to an organization established in 1835.

That fall, after a fire destroyed an early Yates County courthouse building, a meeting took place at the American Hotel (the modern-day site of Long’s Cards & Books) in which Thomas Locke called for volunteers to join what was then called Fire Engine Company No. 1. With a certificate signed by Village President Abraham Wagener – the man considered the founding father of Penn Yan – the company purchased a brake and suction engine called the Neptune. The engine, stored in a building on Elm Street (coincidentally, likely near the site of the present firehouse), joined a hand engine called the Cataract, which was kept in a shack on North Avenue.

That Cataract was part of the village’s earliest firefighting efforts, which involved the mythical but real bucket brigade. During the earliest days of the settlement that became Penn Yan, the residents of the time sought a form of fire protection and organized themselves into a bucket brigade. Leather buckets were distributed to the 300 or so homeowners who lived in the Penn Yan area at the time, and when a fire erupted in the village they were expected to seize their buckets, head to the scene of the fire, and form a bucket brigade.

It was not just a sense of duty but a local ordinance that called upon residents to keep their buckets at the ready in their homes and respond to fires with their buckets, ready to take their places in the line and hand the bucket to fight the fire. Supporting these efforts, with the rapid growth in population and constant increase in buildings, was the purchase of the Cataract. However, the Cataract complemented rather than replaced the efforts of the bucket brigade, as Lewis Cass Aldrich describes the Cataract as “but little greater power than a large ‘squirt-gun’” in his 1892 History of Yates County. Nevertheless, the Cataract was the first piece of firefighting equipment in Penn Yan and was used for 20 or so years.

While Company No. 1, with Locke as the chief engineer, continued operating the Neptune, another group of volunteers formed Cataract Company No. 2 in 1838 to take charge of that engine. In the 1840s, a wooden building went up on the north side of Chapel Street to store the engine along with a homemade hook-and-ladder truck. In those days, firefighters drew water from the Keuka Lake Outlet with leather firehoses and had just enough hose to blast a stream of water 330 feet in any direction from the corner of Main and Elm streets.

Starting in the 1850s, and into the 1860s and 1870s, the village began installing underground pipes and reservoirs to improve the water supply. However, it wasn’t until 1894 – when the system was completed – that firefighters had ample access to this water supply. In the meantime, a group of citizens formed Keuka No. 1 in 1851 and Excelsior No. 2 in 1855. While Excelsior No. 2 was situated in an engine house at the corner of Main Street and North Avenue, Keuka No. 1 was located on Main Street at the firehouse that eventually burned in 1967. During this time, the fire department purchased its third brake engine – from Wright and Company, of Rochester – in 1856 and a Button and Blake machine from Waterford in 1858.

With the purchase of Penn Yan’s first steam engine in 1871, 83 members organized Keuka Engine Company that October. The steam engine was purchased from Silsby Manufacturing Company, of Seneca Falls, a renowned manufacturer of firefighting equipment of the time. The Keuka Engine members sought permission to take charge of Keuka No. 1 and Excelsior No. 2, and later they formed themselves into a hose company called Ellsworth Hose Company. Gen. S.S. Ellsworth, the namesake, was a Civil War hero from Penn Yan.

Meanwhile, the Hydraulic Hose Company – later and still called Hydrant Hose Company – began in 1866, initially using a force pump installed in the building that became The Birkett Mills to fight fires. A hose was attached to the force pump until hydrants were placed along downtown Main Street. Early on, fire hydrants were installed only on Main Street, so Hydrant Hose responded only to fires on Main Street while Ellsworth operated the steam engine throughout the rest of the village.

The Hunter Hook and Ladder Company – named after Yates County Treasurer Charles Hunter – started in 1880 with the purchase of the fire department’s first truck. The company also took charge of the department’s ladders and other equipment. While this company and Ellsworth met in separate rooms of the Main Street firehouse, Hydrant Hose had headquarters that opened in 1886 in Struble’s Arcade. Meanwhile, the Sheldon Hose Company – named after William Sheldon – formed in 1895 and occupied the engine house on Main Street and North Avenue.

In 1905, Hydrant Hose moved its offices from the Arcade to the municipal building on Maiden Lane. About a decade later, in 1916, the company bought the department’s first motorized equipment, a Brockway hose truck with attached chemical tanks.

These four companies – Hydrant Hose, Ellsworth Hose, Hunter Hook and Ladder, and Sheldon Hose, listed in order of establishment – still make up the modern-day Penn Yan Fire Department, with the main firehouse located on Elm Street that opened in June 1969. In 1914, Penn Yan historian Walter Wolcott noted the “(Penn Yan) department of today is an active, alert organization,” with a steam fire engine, a chemical engine, a hook and ladder truck, and three hose companies. With 60 hydrants and several outlying hose houses throughout the village, as well as the water supply from Keuka Lake, “the village is capable of successfully coping with the more serious fires.”

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It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas

Sunday, and yes, we are inching our way to Christmas of last year. And did I tell ya? Daddy has a start date for his new job. So, he told me after I slept twelve straight hours, this was going to be a chillaxin’ kind of day. I didn’t mind. But first things first I guess is mommy and I are going with great grandma to church. I don’t mind this either. You can never have to much of the Lord if you…

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News from Belize, 17 July

А rаnѕоmwаrе grоuр tаrgеtеd Веlіzе Еlесtrісіtу Lіmіtеd (ВЕL) аnd rеlеаѕеd 355 GВ оf соmрrоmіѕеd dаtа, іnсludіng соnfіdеntіаl іnfоrmаtіоn оn еmрlоуееѕ аnd сuѕtоmеrѕ.

The dаtа frоm Веlіzе Еlесtrісіtу Lіmіtеd (ВЕL) wаѕ rеlеаѕеd оn Frіdау bу #RаgnаrLосkеr, а rаnѕоmwаrе grоuр thаt hаd арраrеntlу bееn tаrgеtіng thе utіlіtу соmраnу ѕіnсе Мау.

ВЕL fаіlеd tо rеѕроnd tо thе rаnѕоmwаrе grоuр'ѕ dеmаndѕ, lеаdіng thеm tо рublіѕh thе ѕtоlеn dаtа.

ВЕL іѕ wоrkіng tо іnvеѕtіgаtе аnd аddrеѕѕ thе dаtа lеаk whіlе іmрlеmеntіng рrеvеntаtіvе mеаѕurеѕ tо рrоtесt аgаіnѕt futurе суbеrаttасkѕ.

2. Іn rесоgnіtіоn оf hіѕ соntrіbutіоnѕ, Gаlеn Unіvеrѕіtу аwаrdеd former government minister, Daniel Ѕіlvа, аn hоnоrаrу dосtоrаtе аnd соntіnuеѕ tо hоnоr hіm wіth аn аnnuаl ѕсhоlаrѕhір іn hіѕ nаmе.

Per Love FM: a man has lost his life in a road traffic accident; the Belize City Mayor has said that his preferred cruise port plan is the one sponsored by Stake Bank, which shows the most signs of progress; a man from Cayo Village was reportedly denied medical attention at hospital following a chop wound from a machete; a refurbished fire station was inaugurated over the weekend and a newcommunity hub opened in Stann Creek district.

Breaking Belize News today mеntіоnѕ соntrоvеrѕу ѕurrоundіng Guаtеmаlа'ѕ Рublis Роѕесutоr'ѕ оffісе аnd fоrmеr UDР Rерrеѕеntаtіvе Аnthоnу 'Vооtѕ' Mаrtіnеz launсhіng а rесаll реtіtіоn аgа іnѕt hіѕ ѕuссеѕѕоr. Аddіtіоnаllу, іt mеntіоnѕ Velіzе hоѕtіng thе ХІV АФЕСАVОL Wоmеn'ѕ U-19 Сentrаl Аmеrісаn Сhamріоnѕhіr аnd thе еffесtѕ оf ехtrеmе hеаt іn Аmеrіса.

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International Firefighters Day

Firemen never die, they just burn forever in the hearts of the people whose lives they saved.

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Fire Station

Had my #ArtDeco mind blown yesterday. I thought I knew where ALL the #LongBeach Art Deco was. Was walking in a neighborhood that was cordoned off from most normal traffic once the 405 Freeway was put in near Lakewood Blvd & Willow. Need to go back with the fancy camera even though these mobile telephones ☎️ are getting better and better every day. Fire Station No. 17.

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When it comes to fire station floor plans, every detail matters! 🔥🚒 At ACI, we understand that a well-designed fire station can make all the difference in responding to emergencies quickly and efficiently. 

That's why we emphasize the importance of integral parts of fire station floor plans that should never be compromised. Check out our latest blog post to learn more about the key components that make up a functional and effective fire station. 

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Trip to the BEST place on earth - no it’s not DisneyWorld! #firestation #woowoo #redtruck (at Whiteville, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnqCJ3IOypw/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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your gay italian dogs are Kiki and Bouba coded and I love them.

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[quinosart]

i am, somehow, still alive and working on a really cute comic. it might be ready for tomorrow! have these ranmasa sketches in the meantime !!

[hcnnibal]

What would the angels do if someone dropped a baby on their doorstep 3 men and a baby style?

close the door and go about their day probably. a1 would make a call or something if you caught him on a good day.

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Forest felling near Gödöllö - Theodor von Hormann , 1879..

Austrian,  1840-1895

Oil on canvas , 34.5 x 57.5 cm.

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Good🌞Morning!