Firehouses · Founded c. 1918
Mount Carbon Fire Company
Organized around 1918–1919 in the borough of Mount Carbon, the Mount Carbon Fire Company merged into Pottsville's American Hose Company No. 2 in 2021; its 122 Main Street firehouse is now American Hose's Mount Carbon Station.
The Mount Carbon Fire Company was organized around 1918–1919 — the earliest record is a January 1919 election of officers — to serve the small borough of Mount Carbon, just south of Pottsville. As a borough company (Fire District 53) it was historically separate from the Pottsville Bureau of Fire, operating from a firehouse at 122 Main Street.
On July 15, 2021 the company merged into Pottsville’s American Hose Company No. 2 — the first of the 2020s Pottsville-area fire-company consolidations. Its apparatus passed to the Pottsville fire service and its Main Street firehouse became American Hose’s “Mount Carbon Station.” A January 2024 fire damaged the former firehouse.
Sources
- Mount Carbon Fire Company — Firefighting Wiki
License: reference - Pottsville Fire Department — Firefighting Wiki (2021 merger record)
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Frequently asked
- Does the Mount Carbon Fire Company still exist?
- Not as an independent company. Organized around 1918–1919 in Mount Carbon Borough — historically separate from the Pottsville Bureau of Fire — it merged into Pottsville's American Hose Company No. 2 on July 15, 2021. Its apparatus passed to Pottsville and its 122 Main Street firehouse became American Hose's Mount Carbon Station.