Record #:

23705

Author(s):

Kammerer, Roger

Abstract:

Greenville needed a fire department for many years before 1884, when their leader, Captain S. O. Mason, organized the first company, the Rough and Ready Fire Company. This group of men consisted of forty black volunteers carrying their own buckets. In 1896, the Hope Fire Company was founded. The Greenville Fire Company followed this company in 1902. A united fire company did not occur until A. J. Griffin took over the Hope Fire Company in 1902. After this time, the Hope Fire Company and the Greenville Fire Company united. A. J. Griffin was the first of many fire chiefs of a united fire company in Greenville. There have been various fire alarms over the years.

Source:

Greenville Times / Pitt's Past (NC Microforms), Vol. 30 Issue 6, Jun 6-Jul 4 2012, p5

Subject(s):

Fire departments--Greenville