The following is a brief history on the origination of the City of York Fire Department:
December 20th, 1842...
Mr. Witherspoon presented the Petition of the Fire Engine Company of Yorkville, for incorporation;
All members of the "Yorkville Fire Engine Company," and "The Greenville Fire Engine Company," not exceeding twenty-five each, in number, shall be, and they are hereby declared, exempted from ordinary militia duty, but shall be liable to perform duty in time of alarm, insurrection or invasion, and shall not be exempt from draft for actual service.
Please take a few moments and check out our fire Insurance maps from the late 1800s to the early 1900's of downtown York. There is a lot of interesting information in the fine print on each map that will give you a snap shot of the makeup of the fire department during these times
