Harrisburg 1890-After much persuasion, haggling and complaints about far too many pieces of apparatus running every box alarm (At this time there were eleven...
1964: Fire broke out shortly after 1 p.m. in the barn on the former Byron Forney farm, about ½ mile south of Riegle's Church in Millersburg. The barn was...
1935: A devastating fire wiped out one of Lykens possible factory buildings on Friday evening, May 2, 1935, when the large stone block and frame building owned...
1912-At 2:40 a.m. Box 52 at Sixth and Forster was struck for a fast moving fire in the Eureka Laundry at Boas and Rose Streets.? Early reports of a boiler...
1991: Fire broke out in the center unit of the Pine Avenue Apartments on this afternoon. A candle sparked the blaze which required the service of the...
Harrisburg 1984-2350 hrs. 1214-16 Market St. Four story frame vacant building.? Arson fire started in the third floor rear of 1216 and spread to the rear of...
1978: The barn on the Benuel Fisher Farm was destroyed by fire in Washington Township. While trying to gain access to the small pond on the property , Engine...
2002- 0942 hrs.  3190 Sunnyside Ave. Progress, Susquehanna Township.           Two story occupied house. Second floor and roof gutted. ...
2005: At 18:52 hours county dispatched Box 20-1, 1301 Route 209 in Upper Paxton Township, for a Structure Fire, garage on fire. Caller told county that a...
1908-An explosion occurred at 1:35 p.m. at the Pintsch Compressing Company, manufacturers of gas for Pullman railroad cars lighting fixtures. The building was...
1952: Tuesday evening a forest fire was discovered on Berry Mountain. Fire burned 50 acres until it was put out by local forest fire crews. FUC@ 11:00 p.m. ...
1910-As a direct result of the fire that occurred on March 30th that literally destroyed two big frame duplex houses at 1936-38 and 1940-42 Briggs Street the...
1987- At 1:14 a.m. Fire Headquarters transmitted a box response for a working fire in the 1600 block of N. Fifth St.? As soon as rigs hit the street they knew...
1964: A 2-½ story wood frame house, owned by Leon Kocher and occupied by Mrs. Leona Long, about a mile south of Killinger, Upper Paxton Township, was...
1887-Box 51 at Cameron and Herr Streets was hooked ten minutes to one in the morning.? ?A frame stable owned and operated by George Reading on Cumberland St....
1957: A forest fire on Peter's Mountain started in the Greenland area, south of Lykens. It burned up and over the top of the mountain to the foot of the north...
Harrisburg 1803- Explosion in a still of the distillery of a Mr. Stoner.? Joseph Gundy, an employee, was badly burned by hot liquid and died seven hours after...
Harrisburg 1968-Eighteen year veteran paid Fireman William F. Barbush, Badge No. 90, was assigned to the Fire Radio Room as a dispatcher.? On Friday afternoon,...
1958: The Millersburg Fire Company was called to the area of Fry's Tavern north of Paxton at 10:20 p.m. for a fire in the engine compartment of a coal delivery...
1952: Box 3 at Market and Center Streets, was pulled at 11:00 p.m. and alerted the Millersburg Fire Company to a fire at Newt Troutman's barber shop at the...
1905-The most tragic and one of the most trying days in Harrisburg history began to unfold at 1:38 a.m. this date.? At a place called Lochiel, just north of...
1909-At 5:50 p.m. Box 334 at Penn and Maclay was pulled. The alarm proved to be false.  As close as can be determined this was the first run for the new...
The Enterprise was a movement in the area of 15th & State(today the new Station 2 is at 16th & State), for an engine company. At that time the Shamrock was...
1910-At 11 o’clock in the morning a telephone call was received by Fire Chief Charles Garverich from the Penbrook fire chief for assistance on fighting a...
1988: Lykens and Wiconisco were dispatched at 1:05 PM to respond to a report of a fire in the infamous Bud Miller dump on the Coaldale Road. Wiconisco arrived...
1995- At about 4:45 a.m. a hydraulic line adjacent to Boiler No. 1 at the Harrisburg Incinerator (1690 S. Nineteenth St.) burst and spewed flammable hydraulic...
1911-Box 32 at Third and Boas began ringing on the firehouse gongs at fifteen minutes to midnight. First arriving Goodwill Engine No. 7’s wagon and engine...
1932: A two story cottage belonging to Alfred and Curtis Smith located along the river in Halifax Township was destroyed by fire around 10:30 p.m. on this day....
1921-Box 332 at Walnut and Balm Streets was pulled at 7:05 p.m. for a fire which partially destroyed the third floor of 137 Balm Street. A bedridden woman...
