Year unknown A school group tour at the previous Mars VFC station in Mars Borough. Perhaps - similar to this month - during the annual Fire Prevention educational activities.

If you're in the group, feel free to shout out the year!... (Full Story & Photos)

This is an overlay of the letterhead on stationary from the former Valencia VFC.

The top was the most recent, from the years leading up to the merger. The middle has a date from the late 1960s. The bottom version, the oldest, is undated. It appears to be a handwritten invoice from a Mr. Thomas Adams, who had added a locust post under the truck floor for additional support. Specifically where ... (Full Story & Photos)

In that era, nearly all call response started from home, or some location about town. No live-in program existed. The pager would activate, or you’d hear the house siren, and off you’d go!

Members who drove to the firehouse would activate a blue light, and these plates helped identify responding volunteers.

Plus it was a small badge of honor to show you were a member & were doing something ... (Full Story & Photos)

Brickyard Rd, on the Mars Borough / Adams Township boundary. Circa late 1980s; it was before that bridge over Breakneck Creek was replaced & the RR line was still part of CSX.... (Full Story & Photos)

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