1874
Denton fire service begins
The Denton Fire Department began in the back of Minor's Blacksmith shop on North Locust Street, equipped with buckets and volunteers.
About and history
A Denton fire story worth preserving.
Denton Fire Traditions keeps local fire service memory visible through photographs, milestones, stories, recognition, and community support.
A Denton fire crew poses with equipment outside an early station around 1914.
Selected archive
Photographs that carry the story
From horse-drawn apparatus to modern ceremonies, the archive connects residents to the people and places behind Denton's fire service.
A Denton fire crew poses with equipment outside an early station around 1914.
Firefighters arrive with horse-drawn equipment at a fire above a bakery.
Denton's 1916 LaFrance apparatus from the motorized era.
Fire apparatus lines up at the new Central Station in 1981.
Fire apparatus gathers on the Denton Square in 1988.
A Denton ladder truck flies an American flag.
Timeline
Source-backed milestones
A few public milestones help frame the larger story of Denton firefighters, stations, apparatus, and service.
1876
A hook and ladder wagon
Local blacksmith and firefighter W. J. Lacy built a hand-drawn hook and ladder wagon for ladders, axes, lanterns, and tools.
1911
Two firemen lost
On the night of June 22, 1911, a fire took the lives of firemen Joseph J. Turpin and Ernest Bushey. Silas Grant was badly injured.
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