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424 E. King Street
PO Box 435
Malvern PA, 19355
Phone: 610-647-0693
Fax: 610-647-0249

Info@malvernfireco.com

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Dispatch: 160.185 Mhz
Working: 159.600 Mhz

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History of the Malvern Fire Company
From the bucket brigades and horse-drawn vehicles of 1888, to the sophisticated trucks, ambulances, and communications used by trained volunteers today, the Malvern Fire Company has been committed for over 110 years to protecting the Borough of Malvern and the surrounding area.  The following is a history of the Malvern Fire Company.

 

The Founding Of The Company
The Early Years
The Turn Of The Century
1910's 1920's 1930's
1940's 1950's 1960's
1970's 1980's Closing Comments

 

The Founding of the Company

With the smokestacks of the Pennsylvania Railroad trains triggering fires along the tracks through Malvern and the occasional house and business fires, residents of the Village of Malvern, then the northern-most part of Willistown Township, began to talk of fire protection in the 1880’s. Fires either were put out by bucket brigades or smothering, or left to burn out.

The Malvern Free Will Fire Company was established February 8, 1888, by about 50 citizens of the village.

Reportedly, the motto agreed to during early meetings of the new Company held at J. Jones Still’s bicycle shop was, "Do the best you can at any time, at any place; no night too dark, no road too rough to answer the call of mercy and of duty." (DLN)