Tag: Antique Fire Badge
Fiskeville Fire Co.
Fiskeville Fire Co. 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…
Narragansett Brewery
Little is known about this agency, but it’s presumed that this was a private firefighting company to protect the brewery and its properties. The Narragansett Brewery opened in the Arlington section of Cranston in December of 1890, and was expanded over the years. The…
Mashapaug Fire Company
Click on images to enlarge. The earliest documentation of the Mashapaug Fire Company was found in a news snippet dated December 23, 1892, which appeared in the now defunct Olneyville Times commending the company for their work at a recent fire on Garden Street in Auburn. It is therefore surmised that…
Cranston Fire Company
Click on images to enlarge. The Cranston Volunteer Fire Company was established in circa 1897-98 and originally occupied a building on Pine Street near Dyer Avenue which it rented from the Cranston Print Works. The fire company’s first fire engine was a second-hand apparatus from the Combination Ladder Company, (Presumably of…
Pocasset Fire Company
Click on images to enlarge. The Pocasset Fire Company, can trace its roots to June of 1895 when it was incorporated as “The Pocasset Hose Company”, with forty charter members. On November 29, 1895, the name was changed to “The Pocasset Fire Engine Company”, which was later shortened to “The Pocasset Fire Company”. …
Pawtuxet Fire Company
Click on images to enlarge. The Pawtuxet Volunteer Fire Company was organized on February 16, 1891, making it the first volunteer fire company to be established in the city. In its early days, it was also referred to in newspapers as “Volunteer Fire Company No. 1” The Pawtuxet fire station…
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…