Happy New Year from the Dalton Fire Company Members!!
~We hope 2010 brings good health and prosperity to all~

Engine 5 goes "In Service"

After several months of getting the truck Lettered, Detailed, and equipment transferred the new Engine, it is finally in service. Our very own Master Mechanic, Jim Sturdevant, worked very diligently and meticulously since we got the truck home, to get all the Goldleaf and Lettering perfected before the Line Officers and Firefighters could go to town putting the equipment on it. After the lettering was completed, it took about a week of hard work to get everything transferred from the old engine over to the new. It responded to it's first call last week, a Vehicle Fire on Waverly Rd. We hope to have many years of success with this truck and we certainly think it will have no problem fufilling that. Our old Ward LaFrance has been retired and will spend the Winter at the Carnival Grounds until Spring time. We'll miss it, especially the sound of the old Detroit Diesel engine that has rumbled through these hills for nearly 40 years. 

Station 5 seeks help from the community

The Board of Directors as well as the general membership are looking for volunteers more than ever. With the economy in hard times and money being tight nearly everywhere, the number of our volunteer's has dwindled. We're not asking the world from any one person, but 1 or 2 times a month for several hours to keep up with all aspects of the Fire House. Not only do we provide Emergency Services, we have many tasks that need to be completed in the administrative aspect of our operations on a monthly basis as well as a daily basis. It's become quite a difficult work load for our current members to fufill all these tasks on top of emergency calls. While we understand that everybody's time is valuable, a few hours twice a month will make a HUGE difference. Recently, an article was published in the Abington Journal regarding this, it can be read HERE . If being part of the community was always something you wanted to get involved in, this is your perfect opportunity.