Pleasant Unity Volunteer Fire Department, Unity Township Company #1
Organized in 1917 Born out of tragedy in 1917, Pleasant Unity Volunteer Fire Department was founded after a devastating fire destroyed multiple homes and businesses, leaving a total of 16 families displaced. The miners who put out this fire, by using dynamite to blow up the house next in line to be engulfed, were the […]
Dry Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, Unity Township Company
Founded in 1966 Dryridge Volunteer Fire Department, located near the intersection of White School Road and Route 130, was chartered on October 11, 1966. A former substation of the Mutual Volunteer Fire Department, the newly independent Dryridge received its first fire truck from the Ligonier Borough Fire Department in August of that year. Named for […]
Lloydsville Volunteer Fire Department, Unity Township Company #2
Founded in 1931 Lloydsville Volunteer Fire Department has been helping surrounding communities even before they became officially chartered in 1931. It was these same communities that helped them bounce back from an unfortunate setback in 1986.On January 9th the Lloydsville Volunteer Fire Department caught fire and burned. The department lost garages and a tanker engine […]
Crabtree Volunteer Fire Department
Founded in 1938 The Crabtree Volunteer Fire Department was first chartered in August 1938. But its predecessor, created by the Jamison Coal Company, started years earlier. An official and independent department was established after several house fires that consumed two to four households each and a disastrous fire in the business district. The department was […]
Youngstown-Whitney Volunteer Fire Department
Established in 1923 This year, the Youngstown Volunteer Fire Department is celebrating its 100th anniversary. First founded in 1923 to serve the small borough that had been inhabited since the early 1800s, the department wasn’t officially incorporated until March of 1946. The department has had several stations and garages on Main Street throughout their history […]