Firehouses · Founded 1946
Greenwood Hill Fire Company No. 65
Founded in 1946 to serve Pottsville's east-end Greenwood Hill neighborhood, the Greenwood Hill Fire Company No. 65 was the youngest of the city's historic companies; it was suspended into dormancy in 2007 and never reactivated.
The Greenwood Hill Fire Company No. 65 was founded in 1946 to serve the east-end Greenwood Hill neighborhood, the eighth and youngest of Pottsville’s historic volunteer fire companies. It operated as Station 80 from a firehouse at Wolfe Street and Ridge Avenue, running a pumper and a brush truck.
Its end came in the 2000s. After a six-month suspension in May 2006, the company was placed on indefinite suspension on November 20, 2007 following mass resignations and both of its trucks going out of service; it never reactivated — the first of the city’s eight historic companies to fold. Its dormancy is the reason the City of Pottsville’s own materials long continued to describe “eight individual volunteer fire companies” after the active count had already fallen.
Sources
- Pottsville Fire Department — Firefighting Wiki (Greenwood Hill suspension record)
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Frequently asked
- Is the Greenwood Hill Fire Company still active?
- No. After a six-month suspension in May 2006, Greenwood Hill No. 65 was placed on indefinite suspension on November 20, 2007 following mass resignations and apparatus going out of service, and it never returned. It was the first of the city's eight historic companies to fold.