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After the civil war majority of the fire departments had dissolved in New Bern. This caused an issue because the city of New Bern still needed fire protection. Some of the few fire companies that were around was the Holden Hook & Ladder Company and the New Bern Steam Engine No. 1. These companies were helped by the union soldiers that stayed behind or were returning home to New Bern. At the same time confederate soldiers were returning to the area and they started the Atlantic Fire Company back up which was a rival to the existing fire companies. Around the same time the African American citizens of New Bern come together to help create the Harland Fire Company No.1 which was founded by Edward J. Richardson, henry H. Simmons, and John R. Good. The Harland Fire Company No. 1 consisted of seventy-five members and John R. Good was the foreman of the company.
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