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Fire department is formed
1898
According to an early Fairfield official, a then-Fairfield Twp. resident Adam Braun organized a volunteer fire department in 1898. The men gathered at Braun’s home to discuss the most efficient methods of fighting fires.
At the time, their equipment consisted of a two-wheel cart that carried a 50-gallon tank for water, buckets, hand pump and 50 feet of garden hose. The volunteers learned on the fly, gaining knowledge about fires as they occurred.
By 1945, the first piece of equipment was purchased for the area: a Model A Ford that was converted into a fire truck. Volunteers in the 1940s received their training from the Hamilton Fire Department. The original fire house — beyond the home of Braun — was located on Pleasant Avenue. Since then, Company 1 (Nilles Road), Company 2 (Ohio 4) and Company 3 (Winton Road) have been built as Fairfield’s fire stations.
Source: “Fairfield, Ohio,� by Esther Benzing
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