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HISTORY OF LANCASTER FIRE DEPARTMENT

The Lancaster Fire Department has proudly served the Lancaster Community for over 125 years. The volunteer members of the Department have many years experience and are continually adding to the impressive number of certifications achieved and trainings completed. 
 
 

 

 

 

1887 -- LANCASTER FIRE DEPARTMENT FOUNDED

The LFD Pledge:  
 
Believing that no valuable interest of society can be successfully maintained without associated effort and further believing that no association is perfect which has not regularly established rules and articles of government for its guidance; therefore , in order to more thoroughly confederate for the protection of lives and property of our fellow citizens from the devouring element fire, we have bonded together and adopted the name the Lancaster Fire Department, with this Constitution and By-Laws for our government, which we mutually pledge ourselves to support.
 
July 28th 1887

1888 -- FIRE OF 1888

1889 -- NEW OFFICERS ELECTED

1900 -- FIRE DEPARTMENT OF 1900

More to come!  Please continue to check back!

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