First Volunteer Brigade Roster
List of the Members of the London Volunteer Fire Company: W. Till, Captain W. Bissell, 1st Lieutenant D.O. Marsh, 2nd Lieutenant G.W.Cattler, Secretary Jas. Mihill, Treasurer. Solomon Wilson ...
The First Volunteer Fire Company
The following are the bylaws they established for the London Volunteer Fire Company: 1st. That for the discipline and regulation of the Company, a Captain, a First and Second Lieutenant, ...
First fire by-laws
In London's early years, bylaws were passed in an effort to reduce the constant threat of fire They included regulations governing the construction of chimneys, a common source of serious ...
Bucket Brigade organized
The first volunteer fire brigade had been organized three years previously, but it was merely a bucket affair, a by-law compelling every householder to keep a leathern bucket, painted ...
First recorded fire
In 1835 the settlement had grown to about 300 buildings including seven taverns, three blacksmith shops, two sawmills and a brewery. There was no fire hall even though fires were ...
The Volunteer Brigade
Shouts of "FIRE, FIRE" would send London's early residents scurrying from their homes and businesses in a mad dash to pursue the trail of smoke to the blaze. Citizens had ...