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Fire Department history in Trumansburg shows unification in 1928
The article recalls Trumansburg's early fire era with three companies Greg Hose Excelsior and Chemical each led by a foreman and one chief. It notes uniforms dances and elite status for Greg Hose and tells of equipment from two wheeled carts to the 1917 Button and Lang pumper and 1921 Thomas Flyer. The 1922 fire spurred unification and a new station. Buffalo and 1943 upgrades followed.
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Trumansburg
Greg Hose
Excelsior and
Chemical
Excelsior
Excelsior and Chemical Companies
Gregories
June
Farmers and Traders Insurance
Elm
Main Streets
Larry’s
Button and Lang
Ithaca
Button
Lang
Lawrence Hymes
Smith Weatherby
Halsey Street
Steve Craig
Fred Fish
Trumansburg Fire Company
Buffalo
Craig
B & L Motors
Lake and Main
Elm and
Matin
Pease and Elm
Bradley
Seneca
Baptist Church Corner
Strawbridge
Washington
Gregories Market
South Streets
Austins Saft
Gregories Restaurant