Thorndale Fire Company - Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Thorndale Fire Company - Chester County, Pennsylvania

The Thorndale Volunteer Fire Company began in 1938 when community members became concerned about the lack of fire protection in the area. The company was not officially organized until one year later in 1939, when the original 12 members began servicing the village of Thorndale. The charter of the Thorndale Volunteer Fire Company was issued on April 18, 1939. The first piece of apparatus owned by the fire company was a 1939 Chevrolet chassis, which was purchased from F. Hoffman a local Chevrolet dealer in Coatesville for $669.00. A firefighting body was built by U.S. Fire Apparatus to house the pump, tank, and hose bed. U.S. Fire Apparatus loaned the fire company a 1925 International pumper to use while the new Chevrolet pumper was being built in there Wilmington, Delaware factory. The 1939 Chevrolet pumper had an open cab, 250 gallon per minute pump, and 200 gallons of water. In addition to the new pumper, members also acquired a used chemical engine from the Radnor Fire Company in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. This chemical engine was a 1929 Chevrolet with a Hale body and equipped with two chemical tanks. This chemical engine was only used by the fire company from 1940 until 1951, when it was sold to the Goshen Fire Company in Chester County, Pennsylvania.