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History |
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History |
Owen Valley’s First Engine was a 1949
Mack Pumper that was purchased in 1971.
A 2 ˝ ton Army tanker was loaned
to the dept by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources also in the same
year. In 1973 the DNR loaned the first
brush truck to OVFD, a Dodge 4x4 crew cab. In the mid 70’s Owen Valley
Fire Department constructed their first Fire Station located on Jefferson
Street . This was a concrete block building with 3 truck bays and a small
office/kitchen/meeting room combination. Shortly afterwards a second tanker on
a Ford Chassis was added increasing the dept’s firefighting capacity. The department purchased its first new engine
in 1979. The truck was a First Alert II Quick Response Attack Pumper.
In the late 1980’s the OV Fire Station was expanded to add 3 more
apparatus bays, allowing room for another new engine delivered in 1990. This truck was built by on a GMC chassis, and
included 1250gpm pump and 1000gal water tank.
Charter Members
Wendell
Sexton Stan Lucas
Bob
Overholtzer Gail
Winders
Rod
Wampler Earl
Edwards
Don Jones Jim
Griffin
Dwight
Dunigan Charles Bain
Joe Nanny Clarence Franklin
Robert K. Livingston
Mike
Harvey
Richard Owen
Charles
Nanny
Ted Naanes
John
W.
Kay
Marvin Jones
Robert
Houpt
Gerald Edwards
Robert M.
Curry Stanley Bault
John
Freeman Jerry
McHaley
Gary L.
Brinson Glen
Savage
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Updated 02/25/2009 |