DAYHOFF: New Windsor fire company acted on burning desire to serve

DAYHOFF: New Windsor fire company acted on burning desire to serve

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By Kevin Dayhoff

I was in New Windsor recently and was reminded of the firehouse there that was dedicated in September 2005.

Certainly that $4.5 million, 27,000-square-foot facility, which replaced a previous firehouse dedicated in August 1955, came as a result of lots of hard work and followed on a history of that department that now dates more than 100 years.

According to an old newspaper account, "About 200 citizens interested in the organization of a fire department for New Windsor and community gathered in the Carlton Theater Tuesday evening (Jan. 20, 1948.) A new fire pumper will be purchased sometime in the near future."

Marcell Munshaur recounts in his history of the New Windsor Fire Department (available on the New Windsor Fire and Hose Company Facebook page) that fundraising efforts began in earnest as soon as the effort was announced.

http://www.explorecarroll.com/opinion/5097/new-windsor-fire-company-acted-burning-desire-serve

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