πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ An official website of the Dalton Fire Company

Dalton Fire Company, Dalton PA

Non-EmergencyΒ 

(570) 563-1313

Original Name and Charter Date:
Dalton Fire Protection Association
Chartered: 1898
1898 – Received a donated hand drawn hose cart from the Scranton Fire Department
1921 – Dalton Fire Company,
County Station Number 5
Charter Date: March 16, 1921
1921 – Purchased and new Chevrolet Chemical Engine
1927 – Purchased a new Selden/Buffalo Type 50 Engine 250/100
1927 – Traded in the 1921 Chevrolet for the 1927 Buffalo.
1950 – Purchased a new Ward LaFrance Type 58T Engine 500/300
1956 – Purchased a new Ward LaFrance Type 44T Fireball Engine 750/500
1957 – Sold the 1927 Selden/Buffalo Engine to the Clarks Green Fire Company
1971 – Purchased a new Ward LaFrance P80 Ambassador Engine 1000/750
1971 – Sold the 1950 Ward LaFrance Engine to Newdale Fire Department in North Carolina
1972 – Purchased a used 1964 International Mini Pumper 250/250 from Endicott Johnson Shoe Company

1989 – Purchased a new International 2600/4-Guy Tanker 1000/1650
1991 – Sold the 1964 International Mini Pumper to a local farmer
1993 – The 1971 Ward LaFrance Ambassador was refurbished by New Lexington Fire Apparatus, adding high side compartments
1997 – Purchased a new International 4900/4-Guy Engine 1250/750/30B
2003 – Purchased a new Seagrave 75β€² RM Ladder 1500/400
2005 – Acquired a used 1986 Chevy pickup from the DCNR and was made into a Brush Truck 250/150
2005 – Sold the 1997 International 4900/4-Guy Engine to Union City Ambulance and Rescue
2009 – Purchased 2010 Pierce Contender 1500/1000.
2009 – Removed the 1997 Ward LaFrance P80 Ambassador from Service.