The tradition of volunteer fire fighting in Stewartstown began in 1893 with the purchase of a "hand pumper" which took 8 men to pump while a bucket brigade carried the water. The pumper cost $287.12 including hose and ladders. This piece of equipment was put to the test in the fall of 1893 at the J.B. Gable cannery house fire. Longtime member and secretary John E. Anstine was there and recorded that the equipment "rendered a great service," although the cannery burned down. 

The hand pumper is housed in our back building and is currently being restored. 

 The Stewartstown Engine Co. was formed in 1896. The first fire hall was a wooden building (which still stands today located at 13 North Main Street) and also housed the town jail.

The first International, a 1931 Engine

In 1906, Eureka was chartered and a hose truck was added in 1911 at a cost of $82.50. After World War I, more modern apparatus for the period was added with the purchase of the International in 1931, the first combustion-engine powered apparatus.

In 1935, the Stewartstown Lions Club sponsored the first town ambulance which was also housed in the town hall.

The 1939 International Engine

In 1939, the borough of Stewartstown, Hopewell Township and East Hopewell Township formed the Eureka Consolidated Corporation and another International was purchased in 1939. 

This engine is currently housed in our back building and is being restored..

The 1953 FWD as is looked new when it arrived in 1953

By 1944, a new fire hall was created on West Pennsylvania Avenue by converting the former cigar factory. The equipment was housed in the basement while the upstairs served as the "canteen" for the firefighter's fellowship.