Walnut Street Fire Company No. 4 Engineer John Schoenstein, representing the firefighters of Madison and Jefferson County, carried the Indiana bicentennial torch on a portion of its journey through Madison. He rode with driver Frank Taff aboard a 100-year-old Ahrens Fox pumper that served Madison Fire Company No. 2 from 1916 to 1947. The torch will pass through all 92 Indiana counties.
Walnut Street Fire Company No. 4 will house a city-owned fire utility vehicle, a Kawasaki Mule. It carries 50 gallons of Class A foam, two pressurized water extinguishers, two 20-pound dry chemical extinguishers, a Class K extinguisher and assorted tools. It can also carry a stokes basket for transporting patients.
The unit will primarily be used during Madison’s many festivals when access is limited for first line fire apparatus, and it can be used in rough terrain.
Walnut Street Fire Company No. 4 members will be celebrating the company’s 140th anniversary on March 17, 2013! Members will celebrate with a private party following their March 21 business meeting.
– Read more about Walnut Street Fire Company History
The company produces calendars each year as a fund raiser. The calendars feature photos of local fire department activities and each day has a fire-related fact, some humorous and some serious. Get yours now for just $10 and support your local volunteer firefighters.
– Email your calendar order: contact@firecompany4.com
Walnut Street Fire Company No. 4 participated in its annual pump test this month and passed. For details on the pump test, please email contact@firecompany4.com.
Testing the pump system on Vaughn Drive.
Tower 4 pumping water and passes tests.
The two shipping containers purchased with FEMA DHS grant funds have arrived and are in place at the Habitat for Humanity facility (the former INDOT garage) on Lanier Drive.
A maze will be constructed in one and the other will be used for live burn training.
Thanks to Don McKay, Jr. and Bill Devries for their efforts in this matter.
Special thanks go to the following Habitat for Humanity personnel: Amy Ray, Executive Director and David Connolly, Restore Manager.
They are permitting us to use the southwest corner of their facility as a mini-training area until such time as this location will be used for the construction of housing. When it became apparent that there wasn’t sufficient room at the City Garage for the containers, I approached Mr. Connolly about locating them at 931 Lanier Dr. and he and Ms. Ray soon granted the required permission. The area is graveled and I will be receiving a key to the Green Road gate soon.
I am going to check into the possibility of having a fire hydrant installed at the location as there is a City water main on Green Road, and we will be purchasing what materials we can from Habitat for modification of the boxes, doors, access panels, etc.
Steve Horton
