Fire response
Structure and brush fires in Girardville and the boroughs alongside it, run by trained volunteer crews with mutual-aid partners.
Chartered 1882 • Girardville, Schuylkill County
Girard Hose Co. No. 1
Volunteer firefighters, ready since 1882.
An all-volunteer fire company in the heart of Pennsylvania anthracite coal country. Neighbors who leave the dinner table when the alarm sounds, cross-trained for fire and EMS, covering Girardville and the boroughs around it.
Answer the call
For more than 140 years, Girardville's neighbors have answered the alarm. Every roster needs its next volunteer. That can be you, whether you run into the fire or hold the line behind it.
No experience required to start. Fire and EMS training is provided. Message the company to ask how to join.
A coal-town crew that never went pro.
Girard Hose Company No. 1 was chartered in January 1882, when Girardville ran on anthracite and the whole town depended on its own people in an emergency. That has not changed. There is no career staff here. Every firefighter and every support member is a volunteer.
The company runs out of its Main Street station and answers alongside neighboring boroughs. Members are cross-trained for fire and EMS, so the same crew that pulls a hose line can also be first on scene for a medical call.
- CharteredJanuary 1882, Girardville, PA
- StaffingAll-volunteer: firefighters and support members
- TrainingCross-trained in fire and EMS response
- CoverageGirardville and surrounding boroughs
A design-concept emblem drawn by Frontline Web Designs for this concept. It is not the company's official badge.
What the alarm calls for.
One volunteer company, covering the calls a coal-region town actually gets, day and night, in every season.
Fire and EMS
Members are cross-trained, so the same crew can be first on scene for a medical emergency, not only a fire.
Apparatus ready
The company keeps its trucks call-ready, including a 1,500 GPM pumper, so water and crew move the moment the tones drop.
Three ways in.
A volunteer fire company runs on people first, then on the community that backs them.
Volunteer
The company's number one need. Firefighters and support roles both matter, and training is provided. Message the company to ask what joining looks like.
Support the company
Volunteer companies stretch every dollar to keep gear and apparatus ready. Community support and fundraisers help keep the trucks rolling.
Follow along
The company posts calls, events, and recruitment news on Facebook. Following and sharing spreads the word further than any crew can knock on doors.
Where to find us.
In an emergency, call 911. This concept page is not monitored and cannot dispatch help. For any fire or medical emergency, always dial 911.
Station
Girard Hose Company No. 1
120 E Main St, Girardville, PA 17935
Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Message the company
The company's active channel is its Facebook page. That is the place to ask about volunteering, supporting the company, or events.
This is a design concept, so it carries no contact form and collects nothing. On the company's real site, this is where a simple "ask about volunteering" message box would live, pointing to the same people.