Author name: chrisdrain

Apparatus and pumping equipment have have changed through the years, from the first hand engines to pumper trucks with booster tanks and hose beds.

Formal housing of apparatus and equipment came with the first organization of Delaware’s Fire protection in 1834. The space needed in the beginning was small but soon grew.

Two family names held the title of Fire Chief in the Delaware Fire Department from Jan. 1st, 1941 until Apri1 16, 1986. This ended more than 45 years of service as Fire Chief by the two families.

Early water supply for fire protection consisted of wells with hand pumps to fill buckets which were passed along a line of men to the hand fire pumps. The empty buckets were then passed back by a second line to the source to be refilled.