Wagontown Fire Company

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==Department Profile==
The Wagontown Fire Company was established on May 19, 1947. The original fire house was a one room building built in 1948. The firehouse was located on Wagontown Road south of Kings Highway to the rear of the current station. The original officers of the Wagontown Volunteer Fire Company included: President Earl Smith; Vice President Fred Wallace; 2nd Vice President Charles Robinson; Recording Secretary Alexander Ward; Finance Secretary Charles Rodgers; Treasurer Fred Oberholser; Chaplain Rev. Richard Bunting; Trustees Clyde Criswell, Harry Jacobs, and George Dunlap Sr.; Fire Chief Ben Shrack. Then in 1956 the members constructed Wagontown's second firehouse along Rt. 340 or West Kings Highway which served until 2007 when the new firehouse was completed. 
In 2007 the current facility was complete on the property directly to the east. This modern facility was dedicated on September 22, 2007, that day was also the 60th Anniversary of the company.
In 2019, a pole building was built to the rear of the current firehouse to move the trailers indoors. 
Today the Wagontown Fire Company provides the following services out of their new state of the art fire station: fire suppression services, Vehicle and Technical Rescue, Water Rescue, Wildland Firefighting and now in partnership with the Westwood Fire Company EMS, a BLS Ambulance service that covers the two townships.
==Apparatus Roster==
All pump/tank measurements are in US gallons.
===Fire Station 35 - 412 West Kings Highway===
:Engine 35 - 2023 Spartan FC-94 / KME (1500/750/20F)
:Squad 35 - 2023 Spartan FC-94 / KME rescue pumper (1500/1000/20F)
:Tanker 35 - 2019 Freightliner 108 SD 6x4 / Summit elliptical (3000/1000/10F)
:Tac 35 - 2015 Ford F-350 / 10-8 EVS / Knapheide (250/250)
:Brush 35-1 - 1986 GMC 1 Ton 4x4 (125/125) (On loan from Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources)
:Command 35-1 - 2018 Ford Explorer AWD
:Command 35-2 - 2004 Ford Expedition 4x4
:Traffic 35 (Fire Police) - 2017 Ford F-350 4x4 / Knapheide
:ATV 35 - 2015 Polaris Ranger 4x4
:Boat 35-1 - 2013 Achilles inflatable rescue boat
:Boat 35-2 - 12' Quicksilver inflatable rescue boat
:Ambulance 144 - 2019 Ford F-550 4x4 / Braun Chief XL (Owned and operated by Westwood Fire Company)
:MICU 144 - Apparatus rotates to meet needs of the fleet
==Retired Apparatus==
:2002 Ford Explorer 4x4
:2003 American LaFrance Eagle rescue pumper (2000/750) (Ex-Malvern Fire Company (Pennsylvania)) (Sold to Scott Township Hose Company (Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania))
: 1999 Pierce Dash 2000 pumper (2000/750/80) (SN#10313/ED313) (Ex-Yardley-Makefield Fire Company)
:1994 GMC 3500 4x4 / Landoll walk-around rescue (Ex-Utility 35) (Ex-West Brandywine Township, ex-Military ARFF) (Sold to Brandywine Creek Forest Fire Crew)
:1994 GMC Yukon XL 2500 4x4 (Ex-West Whiteland Fire Company)
:1989 Ford C / American Eagle rescue (Ex-Rescue 35) (Sold to Florida Fire/Medical Training Institute)
:1983 Ford C / FMC pumper (1250/?) (Ex-Engine 35) (Sold to Panama City, Panama)
:1982 AM General 2½-Ton brush (300/1200) (Ex-Brush 35-2, ex-Military) (Returned to DCNR)
:1974 Dodge / Reading 4x4 (Ex-Utility 35)
: 1967 Dodge Power Wagon brush (250/250) (Ex-Brush 35, ex-35-8) (Replaced by Tac 35 in 2015) (Privately Owned)
:1965 Hahn pumper (Ex-35-3) (Ex-McKinley Fire Company No. 1 (Pennsylvania), sold to Green Pond Fire & Rescue (Alabama))
:1963 International Harvester pumper (Body/pump from wrecked East Whiteland FD engine) (Sold to Snake Creek Volunteer Fire Company)
:1962 American LaFrance pumper
:Willys / FD-built brush
==External Links==
* Wagontown Fire Company
Category:Chester County, Pennsylvania
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Achilles boats
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating KME apparatus
Category:Pennsylvania departments operating Summit apparatus
Category:Former operators of American Eagle apparatus
Category:Former operators of American LaFrance apparatus
Category:Former operators of FMC / Bean apparatus
Category:Former operators of Hahn apparatus
Category:Former operators of Pierce apparatus