Click on images to enlarge. The Edgewood Volunteer Fire Company, not to be confused with the Pawtuxet Volunteer Fire Company which was also located in Edgewood, was formally organized on October 24, 1904. However, an unnamed newspaper article from a scrap book dated October 15, 1906 indicates that the company began “several years”…
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Oak Lawn Fire Company
Click on images to enlarge. The Oak Lawn Fire Company was organized in 1906 by Emanuel E. Brazil, and Earl Irons after a disastrous local barn fire. The company was later incorporated under the name “Oak Lawn Fire Association” on October 5, 1910. The first fire station was a local barn…
Fiskeville Fire Company
Click on images to enlarge. Surviving records for the Fiskeville Fire Company indicate it was was organized on July 10, 1900, and the uniform patch once worn by company members clearly states the company was organized in the year 1900. However, two small news items which appeared in the now defunct newspaper,…
Mechanticut Park Fire Company
The Meshanticut Park Fire Company can trace its roots to 1895 and was originally known as the Pocasset Fire Company In 1942 company members voted to change the name from the Pocasset Fire Company to the “Meshanticut Park Volunteer Fire Company”. During this time frame the company was using a 1940…