MISSION STATEMENT: To provide the very best fire, rescue, and medical care to the Borough of Dalton and surrounding mutual air coverage areas, through property protection, fire suppression, fire prevention programs, fire, rescue, and medical training.
Nearly four months after becoming an official borough, Dalton was hit by tragedy. In the wee hours of May 26, 1895, a train engineer aroused the sleeping neighborhood with his whistle to the “Great Fire.” A large bucket brigade instantaneously assembled, but it was too late. An entire block burned to the ground including a general store, lumberyard, bakery and hardware store.
It became obvious that Dalton needed a fire department. Citizens raised money through a country chicken dinner and the Dalton Fire Company #1 was born. Initially, it was comprised of just one rickety two-wheeled cart and a siren call that had the telephone operator rounding up volunteer firemen through a party phone line.
The two-wheeled cart is still in the fire department, owned by the fire department today, serving as a reminder of the challenges and difficulties that had to be overcome for the company to arrive where it is today – an expansive department that answers over 250 calls a year in Dalton and the surrounding communities. We cover about 22 square miles.
The Fire Company always welcomes new members. Anyone who would like to become a member of our station please contact us, or visit our station.
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