Engine 58
Engine 58 was organized in 1916 at Byberry and Worthington Roads in the far northeast section of the city. The company was [...]
Engine 57
Engine 57 was organized September 22, 1913 on Pine Street west of 55th Street. The apparatus assigned to them were a 1913 Commercial [...]
Engine 56-Chemical 5
Chemical 5 was organized September 5, 1895 at 7595 A Street in Fox Chase. The firehouse was built by R.Y. Filbert, Esquire, [...]
Engine 54
Engine 54 was organized on March 16, 1908 on the southeast corner of 63rd Street and Lancaster Avenue. The company was assigned [...]
Engine 50/Truck 12
Engine 50 and Truck 12 were organized on May 6, 1901 at 1325 W. Cambria Street. Both companies continue to respond from this [...]
Engine 37
The first attempt to provide fire protection to the Chestnut Hill section of the city was made during 1872. Hand Engine A [...]
The History of PFD Fireboats
With the shoreline along the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers lined with refineries, shipyards, and manufacturing plants, the need to provide fire protection to [...]
Engine 67
Truck F was organized March 1, 1884 on the northeast corner of Wyoming and Haverford Avenues. The original company roster was as [...]
Engine 39
Hand Engine B was placed in service during 1872 to provide a fire department presence in the Roxborough section of the city. Like [...]
Engine 68
Truck 13 was placed in service May 4, 1904 in a new station located at 50th Street and Baltimore Avenue. Assistant Engineer 7 [...]
Sykes & Scholtz Lumber Fire 1965
October 10, 1965 - A Platoon Sykes & Scholtz Lumber Inc. 3 alarms on Box 4287 Clarissa & Butler Streets extra alarm number [...]
Automobile School-July 25, 1918
If you monitor Philadelphia fire radio, it’s not uncommon to hear companies going on radio for driver training. With the requirement that [...]