THE HISTORY OF THE FIRE STATIONS
In 1924 the first fire station in Comstock was a house. The water buckets were kept at the First Methodist Church. Men invented a wheel driven cart. It had a hose with a pump. First Methodist Church burned in the winter of 1928.
By that time Comstock needed better fire protection. A group got together and bought a Model T truck. That was their first real fire truck. The fire truck did only 25 mph on straight roads. They kept it at Johnston's garage on River Street. The truck stayed at Johnson's, Peterson's and McQueen's garages. At that time Comstock had a chief. Mr. Len House. He was the first fire chief. The truck was moved to the south end of the river. In 1932 Mr. Ernest Hose was elected fire chief. Then the fire truck was moved back across the river. Around that time a school burned. The fire fighters had trouble getting up the hill to the fire.There was another big fire at Knights Park.
The township bought another fire truck that was an old paddy wagon. When they fixed it up, it looked brand new. The fire truck they purchased was called Daisy June. The firemen did a lot of work on this '33 Chevy. First there was a 30 gallon tank and then a 500 gallon tank. She was a very special truck.
Now two fire stations have been established in Comstock Township.
Source: Comstock Bicentennial
Photo courtesy of Teresa Hudson
By Steven and Kent
