About Us
Lewistown Fire Department proudly protects 9,000 people living in an area of approximately 2 square miles. We operate out of 3 stations that protect a primarily residential area. Our department is a public department whose members are on a volunteer status.
Over 200 years since the first settlers staked out claims and built their log cabins in and about Lewistown there has been organized firefighting in the community. It was in 1814 that the first mention was made in local newspapers of the formation of a fire company, and the following year borough council passed an ordinance requiring each householder to provide himself with two leather buckets to be kept handy for use in the case of fire. Nearly another 100 years passed before the fire companies of the borough were formed into a Fire Department under a Fire Chief in 1910.
By 1904, four fire companys were in existence in the borough: Henderson Fire Company #1 and Fame Fire Company #2 were formed in the early 1850's. In 1897, Brooklyn Hose Company #3 was formed to cover the growth south of the Kishacoquillas creek. At the turn of the century, Lewistown was about to experience one of the greatest periods of growth in its history, and by 1904, City Hook and Ladder #4 was organized. Fame was the first company to inaugurate ambulance service. Brooklyn operated an ambulance service for a good number of years choosing to give in to the age of the professional service.
In 1994, Fame Fire Co. #2 and Henderson Fire Co. #1 merged to become...
United Fire and Rescue Services - Mifflin County Company 11.