Who We Are?
Our Mission
The Lawrenceville Fire Company strives to minimize loss of life and property to the effects of fire and other associated perils with skill, care, and compassion. We help to maintain a safe community through quality public education, fire and rescue services, and fire prevention.
Our Station
Located on Phillips Avenue in the Village of Lawrenceville, the station was originally constructed in 1916 and has undergone several renovations and expansions. The station currently houses Rescue 23, Telesqurt 23, Tower 23, Special Services 23, Brush 23, and Utility 23. The building contains a five bay engine room, a radio room, a break room, a workshop, a fully equipped physical fitness room, a ten bed bunk room, a game room with kitchen, a meeting room, four offices, restrooms, and a hall with a kitchen.
The public is welcome to visit the station at anytime. Firefighters are on duty from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Monthly meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. and training is held every Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Please stop by for a tour.
Our History
In 1915, the Lawrenceville Fire Company was organized by a group of citizens of this community in order to protect lives and property from fire. The first meetings of the Lawrenceville Fire Company were held at Applegate’s. On May 3rd the first officers and trustees were elected.
The first officers elected were:
A.G. Hullfish – President
Martin E. Carroll – Vice President
George Blake – Secretary
Richard W. Cook – Treasurer
Urias Pierson – Chief
The first trustees elected were:
James E. Hullfish
Herman Rellstab
F.W. Kafer
Charles Scott
At a special meeting held March, 17th, a lot was purchased in Phillips Avenue for $200.00. On June 14th, it was voted to procure a certificate of Incorporation, and by July 9th a drive was started to raise a fund of $3,000.00 to build a suitable building. On September 15th of that year, an agreement was signed with the building contractor to proceed with the work. Opening night was on January 31st, 1916, and the first meeting was held in the new quarters on February 14th, 1916.
In the last eighty-five years the fire company has purchased the lots in the rear and the side of the original property and has added six additions to the building.
In 1915, the Lawrenceville School granted the use of their equipment, until such time as the fire company was able to purchase their own. This equipment consisted of two hand-drawn hose carts, three hand-drawn chemical truck wagons, and one hand or horse drawn wooden ladder truck. This offer was gladly accepted and plans were made to obtain our own motorized apparatus, beginning with the purchase of a 1914 Peerless automobile.
An 1897 horse-drawn Silsby steam pumper was bought from Newton, Pennsylvania Fire Company and the 600 g.p.m. pump was removed and installed on the Peerless chassis by the members and the body work was fabricated by Henry Benders Wheel Wright Shop. Finally, during the year 1918, we had our first complete motorized apparatus.
Presidents
Archibald G. Hullfish 1915-1916
William Hendrickson 1917
John Coffee 1918
Frederick W. Kafer 1919
Edgar Weart 1920
George T. Blake 1921
John Mahan 1922
Robert N. Applegate 1923
John Dana Kafer 1924-1925
Russel Riker 1926
James E. Hullfish 1927
William Tilton 1928
Edgar H. Pierson 1929
Fred Updike 1930
James L. Applegate 1931
Claude Maple 1932
Frank Pierson 1933
James H. Brearley 1934
George Drake 1935
Clark Arrowsmith 1936
Lester Hart 1937-1938
Nat McKee 1939
William R. Hullfish 1940
Frank Buxton 1941
David Van Doren 1942
Joseph Golding, Jr. 1943
Claude Maple 1944
George A. Duryea, Sr. 1945
Theodore P. Maple 1946
Floyd Capes 1947
Ray Souders, Sr. 1948
Leroy Devlin 1949
Howard W. Tash 1950
Gordon Buxton 1951
Oscar Eggert 1952
William Poinsett 1953
Ray Mount 1954
Leon Stout 1955
John Butler 1956
Leonard Venner 1957
John U. Maple 1958
John Burke 1959
Joe Huber, Sr. 1960
Andrew Kandrac 1961
Franklyn T. Reading 1962
William C. Eggert, Sr. 1963
Thomas L. Buxton 1964
Theodore U. Maple 1965
John U. Maple 1966
Thomas Ford 1967
Frederick Bentley, III 1968
Michael Duvin 1969
Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1970
William Pitman 1971-1972
Kevin Reading 1973-1974
Joseph Huber, Jr. 1975
Dennis Wiechnik 1976-1977
Donald J. Pidcock 1978-1979
Judd Lippincott 1980-1982
Greg Venner 1983
William Eggert, Jr. 1984-1985
David T. Buxton 1986
Jack Morphet 1987
Thomas R. Maple 1988-1989
Len Scozzari 1990
Cynthia L. Buxton 1995-1996
Peter Dalle Pazze 1997-1994
Kevin Reading 1997-1999
Matthew Genovese 2000
Linda Peloquin 2001-2003
Lauren Sylvester 2004-2009
Cynthia L. Buxton 2010
Tom Kreszl 2011
Ray Nagy 2012-2019
Daniel Arena 2020
Jay Lenarski 2021-
Chiefs
Urias Pierson 1915-1921
John L. Hopkins 1922-1923
Clifford Poinsett 1924
Oscar A, Eggert 1925-1946
Frank Buxton 1947-1959
John Maple 1960-1964
William Eggert, Sr. 1965-1969
Franklyn T. Reading 1970-1973
Gordon T. Buxton 1974-1976
Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1977-1981
Richard L. Hocking 1982-1986
Kevin Reading 1987-1996
Frederick Bentley, III 1997-1998
Robert Brackett 1999-2002
Donald Huber 2002-2004
David Burns 2005-2006
Raymond Nagy 2007-2011
Gary M. Wasko 2012-2016
Michael Filandro 2017-2019
Ray Nagy 2020-
Life Members
Frank Buxton
John B. Burke
Edward H. Doan
William C. Eggert
George Hibbs
Joseph G. Huber, Sr.
Charles Hullfish, Sr.
Andrew G. Kandrac
Gordon T. Buxton
John U. Maple
Theodore P. Maple
Franklyn T. Reading
Charles Venner
Howell D. Williamson
William D. Poinsett
Henry Forman
Earl L. Wilbur, Jr.
Frederick A. Bentley, 3rd
Richard L. Hocking
Arthur Bentley
Pete Dalle Pazze
Joseph Dlabik, Sr.
Joseph G. Huber, Jr.
Donald R. Huber
Robert F. Burkert
Kevin M. Reading
John Corney, Jr.
Gary A. Wasko
Timothy J. Dalton
Kenneth Kandrac
Robert Brackett
Michael Burns
David Burns
Thomas Maple
Thomas Everist
Clyde D’Angelo
Raymond L. Nagy
Herb Seeberger
Gary M. Wasko
Lauren Bonica
Brian Russo