| Oct. 3, 1927 |
The Neshanic Volunteer Fire Company is organized. |
| Oct. 27, 1927 |
The Ladies' Auxiliary holds its first meeting. |
| Mar. 7, 1928 |
The Bylaws of the Neshanic Volunteer Fire Company are adopted. |
| Oct. 2, 1928 |
The company votes to approve a contract for purchase of a Peter Pirsch & Sons fire apparatus. |
| Dec. 4, 1928 |
A committee is appointed to find property for a firehouse. |
| Dec. 27, 1928 |
The company votes to spend $150 to purchase a lot on Olive Street for a firehouse. A 20' x 30' garage is subsequently erected. |
| Mar. 27, 1929 |
200 people gather at the Neshanic Reformed Church on Amwell Road to greet the new fire engine. The event is celebrated with an oyster supper. |
| April 2, 1929 |
Two dollars and thirty-four cents remains in the company treasury following payment of $3,500 to Peter Pirsch & Sons. The remaining $1,500 of the purchase price is financed by a 6% note. |
| April 27, 1929 |
The first alarm is answered, a fire at the Bergen Farm. |
| May 7, 1929 |
A fire phone has been established, phone number 383F2. |
| Summer 1929 |
A carnival is held and $1,426.95 is raised. |
| July 30, 1929 |
A fire siren is ordered on a trial basis from W. S. Darley Co. in Chicago. It is subsequently decided to keep the siren and $95 is sent to Darley with a promise to pay the remaining balance of $180 within one year. (The siren proved to be a good investment - it is still in use today.) |
| Jan. 7, 1930 |
A $50.00 donation is received from Hillsborough Township. |
| Feb. 4, 1930 |
A committee is appointed to approach Branchburg Township for a donation. |
| Mar. 10, 1933 |
An auditorium and kitchen have been added to the firehouse and the "Grand Opening" is celebrated with a turkey supper and dance. The Crestmoore Club Orchestra plays and NJ Assemblyman J.I. Bowers and Somerville Mayor Robert Adams make speeches. |
| Oct. 3, 1933 |
The Neshanic Volunteer Fire Company is officially incorporated. |
| 1951 |
A then state-of-the art pumper built on a Studebaker chassis is delivered. The truck costs $8,995. An addition is put on the firehouse to accommodate the new pumper. |
| 1952 |
The Fire Company's 25th Anniversary is celebrated. Hillsborough Township Committeeman David W. Amerman, who was the Fire Company secretary in 1927, is on hand to read the minutes of the first meeting to the 150 people gathered for the anniversary party and dinner. |
| 1958 |
Orville Shurts donates a large parcel of property on the corner of Maple Avenue and Pleasant Run Road. This is the site of a proposed fire pond. Ultimately, a new firehouse will be built on the property. |
| 1958-1960 |
A fire pond is constructed and a water main with fire hydrants is installed to provide better protection for the village. The project costs over $13,000. |
| 1963 |
The 1929 Pirsch is replaced by a Hahn pumper on an International chassis. |
| 1968 |
A second Hahn pumper replaces the Studebaker, which goes into storage. |
| Nov. 1972 |
The Studebaker comes out of storage and is loaned to Hillsborough Fire Company #2 while one of their pumpers is repaired. It is the last time the truck is in service. |
| Feb. 6, 1977 |
Fire engines pull out of the Olive Street firehouse for the last time. The new firehouse on Maple Avenue is in operation. |
| June 11, 1977 |
The new firehouse is dedicated. Congresswoman Millicent Fenwick presents a United States Flag flown in Washington, DC. The Hillsborough High School Band plays the Spangled Banner as the flag is raised. Speakers at the dedication include Fire Chief Wayne Covert (grandson of the first Chief) Fire Company President William Toman, representatives from Branchburg Township, Hillsborough Township, the Somerset County Board of Freeholders, New Jersey Assemblyman Raymond Bateman, and Congresswoman Fenwick. |
| June 10, 1978 |
Over 50 fire departments from throughout Central New Jersey participate in a gigantic parade marking the 50th Anniversary of the Neshanic Volunteer Fire Company. |
| Mar. 2, 1979 |
An explosion at the Wilson Products Company kills a worker and ignites a fire that sends seven firefighters to the hospital. Firefighters from Neshanic, Hillsborough #1, Hillsborough #2, and the plant's fire brigade battle the blaze. |
| 1979 |
A Pierce "mini attack truck" is purchased and goes into service. |
| Nov. 1979 |
The Somerset County Freeholders announce that the Neshanic Station Bridge is unsafe, lower its weight limit to 3 tons, and say that it may have to be closed. Built in 1896 by Berlin Bridge Company of East Berlin, CT, it is on National Historic registers, and is one of six lenticular bridges remaining in the United States. The county has no plans to repair the bridge since a new one has been built downstream. The Neshanic Fire Company protests, saying that the bridge is vital. The company's new mini attack truck continues to cross the bridge, but the heavier pumpers are forced to make the two minute detour over the new bridge. |
| Dec. 28, 1979 |
A neighbor reports flames coming from a house on Amwell Road. The home is badly damaged, but the fire is extinguished. Chief Kenneth Ball declares that the house "would have gone to the ground" if the Neshanic Station Bridge had been closed. The next day, a letter is sent to County Freeholders giving details of the fire. |
| Feb. 8, 1980 |
Barricades are erected and the bridge is closed. Outraged firefighters begin a four year campaign to have the bridge reopened, citing delayed response to a large section of Hillsborough Township. |
| Sept. 9, 1984 |
At 2:00 p.m. Freeholder Director John Kitchen cuts the ribbon and the Neshanic Station Bridge is officially reopened. The first vehicle to cross is Neshanic's 1929 antique fire engine, followed by the rest of the Neshanic trucks and a procession of fire and rescue apparatus from Hillsborough and Branchburg. |
| May 26, 1986 |
Then-Freeholder Director (now EPA Secretary) Christine Todd Whitman is the featured speaker at the annual Memorial Day Parade |
| July 18, 1989 |
A 3,500 gallon tanker is purchased and placed in service. |
| 1984 |
A Pierce 1,250 g.p.m. pumper joins the fleet |
| 1989 |
A 3,500 gallon tanker is purchased. 1993 a second Pierce 1,250 g.p.m. pumper is placed in service, replacing the 68 Hahn. |