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That's got to be a fire bell in the night.

His words rang like a fire bell in the night.

"This momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror," Jefferson wrote.

Fire Bell and Tech XX In 1879, the Fire Bell was cast by L.M. Rumsey & Co. in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1897, the Ruston Fire Department was called to fires by ringing the Fire Bell that hung in a wooden tower behind Perkins Drug Store located at 116 N. Trenton Street. The Fire Bell was used for many years in Ruston to alert the town of burning fires. After Joe Aillet Stadium was built in 1968, the old Fire Bell was transported to the stadium and placed behind the end zone.

Fire Bell and Tech XX In 1879, the Fire Bell was cast by L.M. Rumsey & Co. in St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1897, the Ruston Fire Department was called to fires by ringing the Fire Bell that hung in a wooden tower behind Perkins Drug Store located at 116 N. Trenton Street. The Fire Bell was used for many years in Ruston to alert the town of burning fires. After Joe Aillet Stadium was built in 1968, the old Fire Bell was transported to the stadium atop the hill in the south end zone.

Number 470 Fire Bell is a heritage-listed fire bell at 56 Suttor Street, West Bathurst, Bathurst Region, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John C. Wilson and built in 1855 by Gorbals Brass and Bell Foundry, Glasgow. It is also known as Sydney Insurance Companies Fire Bell and Bathurst Fire Bell. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 11 July 2014.

The Fire Bell is rung before every football game to commemorate the bravery of the bulldog that perished saving the lives of the two Tech students in the burning house in 1899, and the Fire Bell calls the Bulldogs to battle before every home football game.

The Number 470 Fire Bell is an unpolished, 26 inch (66cm) Turret Bell of 350 lbs and 12 oz (159kg). It bears the inscription; "John C. Wilson, Glasgow; 1855". The bell is installed in the remnant original Bathurst fire bell tower. The bell and tower were restored in 2010 by the Bathurst Fire Brigade volunteers.

It called worshippers to religious services and also served as the community's fire bell. A town clock was added to the bell tower in 1853.

The pavilion was renovated in the 1990s. Also on the property is a contributing fire bell (1898). Note: This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

To commemorate the bravery of the bulldog that perished saving the lives of the two students in the burning house in 1899, the Fire Bell is rung before every home football game to call the Bulldogs to battle.

The drainpipes are sturdy, and there is a fire bell, in an archway near the school, which proves useful to Mike on one occasion; when it is rung, the boys get to flee the building via canvas chutes.

It appears, however, that Thomas Bown (who had been instrumental in both the purchase and the erection of the bell) had the final say concerning where it would be erected: :'A new fire bell of large dimensions, swung on a wooden framework tower at the back of the Fire Insurance Brigade's enginehouse, was christened and rung for the first time on Wednesday evening. The bell weighs about four cwt., being four times larger than any fire bell in Sydney. The elevation of this bell to a suitable place has been in contemplation for more than a twelve-month (sic).

She goes back but becomes trapped by the flames. Johnny is at the fire station when the fire bell clangs. He finds out the fire is at the new Rutherford apartments. The dispatcher says they only respond if it becomes a third alarm.

When the fire bell rang, firemen from every part of the village raced to the fire station. The hook and ladder truck was hand-drawn. The hose carts and chemical engine were horse-drawn. Anyone with a team of horses made a bee-line for the station.

The relationship between the Insurance Brigade and the volunteer companies was not always harmonious; in fact, it could be very competitive. Indeed, in 1861, No. 470 fire bell became a matter of contention, with one correspondent complaining to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald: :'This evening, at five minutes past seven, the fire bell in George-street sounded the alarm, and at the same instant I perceived the Insurance Company's engine ... having already departed. The fact is, and this is not the first time I have observed it, they get the fire engine ready, and when it has fairly started they sound the alarm for the volunteer companies to follow them ... Surely the public will see the vital necessity of having their own fire bell somewhere, say, for example, in the yard of the Central Police Court'.SMH 11/2/1861:3 Charles Bown (centre) with Superintendent Alfred Webb andf Deputy Superintendent Nicholas Sparkes in 1887 During the late 1860s, relations between the volunteer companies and the Insurance Brigade deteriorated.

Davis reported that the fire bell was ringing and nearly 1,000 whites gathered near it. (Other accounts say the group numbered 100.) Near daybreak, about 4:00 AM, the mob returned to Jones' house. Finding it empty, they set it on fire. They also burned a neighboring house.

"One day I heard a fire bell. Instead of crying out and hiding, I rushed to the piano and tried to reproduce the sounds. My parents were amazed." After this, Boulanger paid great attention to the singing lessons her father gave, and began to study the rudiments of music.

Number 470 Bell is historically significant as the first large fire bell used to establish a centralised fire alert system in NSW. Its history of use by the Insurance Companies Fire Brigade then by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade and later the Bathurst Volunteer Fire Brigade Station reflects the development of fire alarming technologies from the period prior to statutory fire control in NSW. The Number 470 Fire Bell effectively demonstrates the culmination of the first phase of development of the state's fire fighting technology in NSW. The place has a strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history.

Dad moves on to find Ty at the local firehouse. He learns Ty sold Lily to a man named Lavoie for a new fire bell. Dad leaves Ty hanging by a noose and leaves for Dodge City to find Lavoie. Before leaving, he kills another man from his past in a shoot-out.

The small farming community of Remington dates its founding to 1860. By 1870, the population reached 390. The needs of the town were growing and soon after there were three churches, a school, and several commercial buildings. Around 1887, a forty-foot tower was built near the town jail to house the fire bell.

The Elmira Heights Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1896. When it began it was composed of two companies, the Chemical and Hose Company and the Independent Hook and Ladder Company. These later combined into one department. The first fire chief was William Monroe, and the first fire bell was purchased from Grace Church in Elmira.

The bell weighs 1,202 pounds and is still in use. Formerly it served as a school bell and a fire bell, as well as the church bell. The back section of the church was added in 1880 as a social room and Sunday school area. A furnace was also added, along with chandeliers which held kerosene lamps.

At 12 Albert Street West, was constructed next to the Second Welland Canal in 1878. This building once housed Thorold's police force and, to this day, contains a jail in the basement. For many years, the fire bell tolled for the town's strictly enforced nine o'clock curfew. The Old Firehall was designed by the architect John Latshaw and built for $2,483.

This letter is also notable for being the first written attestation of the phrase "to have the wolf by the ear". Jefferson himself rejected the compromise: > But this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and > filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. it > is hushed indeed for the moment.

In 1885, Tompkins Hose Firehouse was built at 162 Main Street in Fishkill Landing. A two-story building, it featured a tower and fire bell. At a special election held December 19, 1905 Village voters approved a bond resolution to fund the construction of a third story to the firehouse.Laws of the State of New York, 129th session, chapter 395, May 10, 1906, p.

The Saw Mills caught fire in 1883 and the nearby Monmouth Gasworks were threatened. A fire in a tobacconist shop in Agincourt Square in 1887 left 3 children dead. The Tannery caught fire several times and was nearly destroyed in 1889. However, this was deemed not the fire brigade's fault as the fire bell was in the church tower and St. Mary's Church gates were locked.

The game ends with Mike making 277 not out, and Downing's not getting an innings at all. Mike agrees to deliver money to a pub owner in Wrykyn town for his roommate, Jellicoe. After discovering that the money was not owed, he returns to Wrykyn, attempts to return to his house, and is chased by Downing. He rings the school fire bell and escapes in the confusion.

A fire damaged the building in 1391. In the following years, the city obtained new bells to replace the ruined ones, and affixed gilded decorations to the newly restored top part of the tower: mermen, banners, and a new dragon. The largest bell of this period, called Bancloque, and the fire bell or Timbre, have been preserved to this day. A carillon was added in 1535.

The other six were given to the following churches in order of size: Christ Church, Oxford; Exeter; St Paul's; Lincoln: Canterbury and; Gloucester. Sanctus: Chimed at the blessing of the sanctum during Communion. Fire bell: It is unusual in that it has an in-turned lip, and so has a completely different sound to a conventional bell. However, it stopped being used in 1863.

Fairbury had somehow managed to become a prime location for pyromaniacs. Whenever a fire would erupt, the town's fire bell rang. Currently, the bell can be found in front of the fire station on Locust Street. A fire was more of a festival than a tragedy because it seemed like whenever the bell rang, the whole town would show up to watch the fire.

The Board Secretary noted in 1916: "the fire bell, which weighs it is understood in the neighbourhood of 4 cwt., is hung on uprights a few feet from the ground".Webb 1916:2 Unfortunately, once again the bell's performance was adversely affected; and once again it came under criticism. Bathurst's officer in charge complained that the bell could not be heard, and concluded that it was "not a good ringing bell".

Firefighters would then report to the fire station and pick up the necessary equipment before heading to the emergency. Firefighters used buckets of waters to extinguish the fire since mechanical firefighting equipment wasn't in heavy use yet. In 1893, a new and much larger fire bell was purchased from the W.T. Garatt & Company. The bell still resides outside of Fire Station 1 as a remembrance of the department's history.

The throttle controlling number two engine was shutting down. While Captain Taylor ordered an engine failure drill, Flight Engineer Thomas Hicks carried out the engine failure drill, but both he and Check Captain Geoffrey Moss reached for the switch to cancel the undercarriage warning horn. At the same time, First Officer Francis Kirkland inadvertently cancelled the fire bell. Hicks reached for, but didn't pull, the engine fire shut-off handle.

However, the hotel itself was damaged; the chimney crashed through 14 floors, causing about $60,000 in damage. The fire station also collapsed, though the fire bell remained intact. At the city library, then located at City Park (now known as Flagler Park), more than half of the books were destroyed and the floor was covered with about of water and mud. Winds shattered a skylight at city hall, damaging bookkeeper records.

The hall was built for $5000. The building sits on a cut stone foundation, with walls of pink brick rising two stories to a hip roof, which is covered in the original standing seam metal. Above the main block a large square tower rises another two stories, incorporating a four-faced Seth Thomas clock and an open belfry. The belfry holds the original 900-pound bronze fire bell.

The city moved its offices out of the fire hall in the 1930s. On August 5, 1966, a bronze plaque was unveiled commemorating the building as the original home of the university. In 1974, the fire department moved to a new, more centrally located fire hall along Sharon Avenue in order to accommodate larger modern equipment. The fire bell was removed in October 1975 and transferred to the new location.

The fire bell at the current fire station The fire hall is a flat-roofed, three-storyTwo stories plus the basement level brick structure designed in the Italianate style. The foundation is built of rubble and painted white. A small, four-faced clock tower was originally situated on the cupola at the front of the building. The vertical space provided room for fire hoses to hang and dry.

From this time, the large fire bell and messengers on foot were increasingly replaced by the telephone, as a means of reporting fires. In 1884, the Metropolitan Fire Brigade replaced the Insurance Companies Fire Brigade, leasing the Bathurst Street fire station from Charles Bown. From that time on, there was no longer any need for a large bell to summon firemen. The firemen of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade were "full-time" firemen.

The original fire station was across the street from its present location on the northeast corner of Scottwood and Fourteenth Street. It was merely a shed in which to store equipment. Throughout the Heights three hose carts were placed. In case of a fire, this was the procedure used: Someone ran to ring the fire bell while everyone else near the fire ran to the hose cart to fasten the hose to the nearest hydrant.

The one who seems familiar bursts into tears and clings onto Mildred when she hears that many of the teachers (including Miss Hardbroom) are quite strict. Mildred also accidentally slips a made-up story about Miss Hardbroom turning a student into a frog when she was just two seconds late for a lesson. To the girl's horror, they also learn that they have Miss Hardbroom for another year. The next morning, a fire bell rings.

The Volunteer Hotel was a pub in the suburb of Balmain in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The pub is named because of its association with a group of volunteer firefighters. The fire bell was located across the road in Darling Street and when it rang, the volunteers would gather and proceed on to the fire. Once their work was complete, they would meet at the hotel for refreshment.

He died in Düngenheim on 11 December 1830. In 1808, after the chapel at Martental had been deconsecrated, the chapel bell was brought to Müllenbach, where it long served as the school bell and the fire bell. In 1810, Laubach was parochially annexed to Müllenbach. After the French had been driven out by Blücher, Müllenbach was still in the old Mairie of Kaisersesch, only now it was the Bürgermeisterei (also “Mayoralty”) of Kaisersesch under the new Prussian administration.

On 29 June 1962, the Bathurst Shire Clerk wrote to the Board of Fire Commissioners with a request concerning the bell: :'Now that steps have been taken towards the building of a new Fire Station at Bathurst, it is requested that as soon as possible, your Board call for tenders for the demolition of the existing Fire Station In connection with the demolition, it would be appreciated if the old fire bell could be made available to the Council for exhibition in its Historical Exhibition'.BM 1962:1390 The Board's minutes record that the Board granted the council's request "subject to the usual conditions". The minutes do not elaborate on those conditions; however, a letter subsequently forwarded to the Town Clerk states: :'... the Board has approved the old fire bell being handed over to your council for display in its Historical Exhibition on a permanent loan basis'.Wiggins 1962 para. 5 In June 1963, with the demolition of the Williams Street fire station imminent, Number 470 Bell was removed from the belltower.

By the evening of the next day, the Great Chicago Fire had destroyed over of the city, including Crosby's Opera House. When the fire bell alarmed on October 8th, many Chicagoans paid no attention since the summer had been particularly dry and there had already been several fires. A strong wind blew through the city and exhausted the firefighters' efforts. By Tuesday morning the fire had ended and nearly 300 people died, 100,000 were homeless, and Chicago's business district was in ruins.

The jarrah bell tower was replaced in 1952 and the fire bell replaced by a siren in 1955. This building served as the York Fire Station for 77 years."Old York Fire Station Conservation Plan" prepared by Hocking Planning & Architecture, in association with Barbara Dundas, Historical Researcher, November 1998, pages 12-15; "York Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service 1910 - 2010: A Short History of the York Volunteer Fire Brigade", written on behalf of the York Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service, March 2010.

The market was struggling during this time and an attempt to revive it in 1821 was not very successful. A Butter Cross, also known as a market house, was erected in 1831. This building also housed the town fire engine and had an upstairs room that for a time housed the Clock House School and later the Town Surveyor's Office. This office was covered by a turret which housed the Town Clock (purchased by public subscription about 1750) and the Fire Bell.

Insurance Companies Fire Brigade Station, Bathurst St Sydney in 1901. The Bell Tower is empty as the bell is in Bathurst by this time. The Council's resolution, however, does not appear to have been acted upon and Mr Bown's "large bell" disappears from the records until June 1860, when the Insurance Companies Fire Brigade christened its - "new fire bell". The cost of this bell had been borne by the various insurance companies rather than by Council, and various representations were made concerning its possible location.

According to the Lompoc Journal archives (now Lompoc Record), the first organized fire protection in the Lompoc colony was formed on August 31, 1875. The first "Fire Company or Hook and Ladder Company" was an all volunteer fire brigade organized 13 years before Lompoc became a city. H.R. Fabing was elected foreman of the Fire Company, making him Lompoc's first unofficial fire chief. During this era, volunteer firefighters were alerted to the presence of a fire with the use of a large fire bell that rang.

The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. The Number 470 Fire Bell is of State heritage significance as likely the only large, UK manufactured bell, four times the size of normal fire bells at the time, remaining in the Fire and Rescue collection (documented in its Heritage and Conservation Register). A small number of Fire Stations retain bells but these are smaller, common cast bells made in Australia dating from a later period. It is also rare at the local level for the length of its working life at Bathurst Fire Station.

However, with the widespread use of alarm systems (especially in cars), false alarms are very frequent and many urbanites tend to ignore alarms rather than investigating, let alone contacting the necessary authorities. In short, there may be no response at all. In rural areas where nobody may hear the fire bell or burglar siren, lights or sounds may not make much difference, as the nearest emergency responders may arrive too late to avoid losses. Remote alarm systems are used to connect the control unit to a predetermined monitor of some sort, and they come in many different configurations.

The fire started in the cellar underneath Stewart and Hemmant's drapery on the corner of Queen Street and Albert Street at around 7:40pm. News was conveyed to the police station, where the fire bell rang in alarm, and soon the entire available force was assembled and quickly despatched to the fires location. The doors of the building were broken in, but by this time the interior was 'one vast sheet of flame', with none of its contents salvageable. A crowd of hundreds gathered at the fiery scene, amongst whom was the Governor George Bowen, accompanied by Captain Carnegie.

Video architectural tour of the Jefferson Market Library In 1996 "Ol' Jeff", the fire bell, silent in the Tower for 135 years, regained its voice with Margot Gayle's help, thanks to Cynthia Crane and Marilyn Dorato. It strikes the hours from 9am to 10pm. On April 13, 1997, The New York Times wrote: "The bell has newly and unexpectedly connected the community surrounding the building on Avenue of the Americas at 10th Street, helping to put the concept of village back in Greenwich Village; it serves as a powerful, an hourly, reminder of the values of architectural preservation."Frank, Michael.

Burt leased the building to the Swanage Local Board of Health, which was the first civic government of the town. The basement was used to house the town's fire engine and a bell was installed on an external wall to be used to call the brigade into action. The association of the hall with this use was so strong that the road it stood on, Town Hall Lane, became commonly known as "Fire Bell Lane". One of the upstairs rooms was used as a magistrates' court, conveniently located for the police station opposite, and for this purpose the building had a mobile witness box.

Rising smoke was spotted from the church tower by the town's two watchmen. They immediately sounded the fire bell and hung a banner from the church tower pointing towards the direction from which the smoke was coming. Within a short time fire spread from the blacksmith's house to the nearby properties. With just a few fire buckets and a small pump there was no realistic prospect of stopping the fire, and people concentrated on rescuing their families, livestock and living necessities, and moving these to the safety of the meadow by the Fish Hall, no longer on an island, but set on parkland which until a drainage project undertaken in 1808 had been a huge pond.

The question was now the admission of Missouri as a slave state, and many leaders shared Thomas Jefferson's fear of a crisis over slavery—a fear that Jefferson described as "a fire bell in the night". The crisis was solved by the Missouri Compromise, in which Massachusetts agreed to cede control over its relatively large, sparsely populated and disputed exclave, the District of Maine. The compromise allowed Maine to be admitted to the Union as a free state at the same time that Missouri was admitted as a slave state. The Compromise also banned slavery in the Louisiana Purchase territory north and west of the state of Missouri along the line of 36–30.

For five years, the equipment was housed in Briarcliff and Ossining garages until late 1963, when the new firehouse and municipal offices building was completed. Also in the 1950s, additional sirens were installed for firemen outside of the central siren's range, both on Schrade and at the intersection of Long Hill and Scarborough roads, replacing a siren at Scarborough Presbyterian. During the 1960s the old municipal building's cupola bell, which the department used as a fire bell and which had tolled at the end of the World Wars, was moved to the front of the new firehouse. Around 1971, the Archville-based Scarborough Fire Company stopped responding to Briarcliff fire alarm calls and resisted taking required training courses.

It is also significant for its association with the Insurance Companies Fire Brigades prior to statutory fire control in NSW and for its long standing association with the NSW Fire Service from its inception in 1884 to the present day. It has rarity values as likely the largest and oldest, UK manufactured bell, four times the size of normal fire bells at the time, remaining in the Fire and Rescue NSW collection, and also in the context of its long working life at Bathurst Fire Station. Number 470 Fire Bell was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 11 July 2014 having satisfied the following criteria. The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales.

The set was arranged like a club, so that rather than members of the studio audience being in arranged terraced seating they would be seated around tables and be served beer and snacks, generally join in a singalong and otherwise engage in audience participation. Crompton as Chairman of the club would sit at a small table in the corner watching proceedings with apparent lack of interest. He had a large manual fire bell which he would wind and sound purportedly to attract the audience's attention after an act, with various notices from "the Committee" (that is, the officials of the social club of which he was chairman), usually misdemeanours by the club's members or the committee itself: On New Year's Eve a special episode of Wheeltappers and Shunters New Year's Eve would be broadcast.

Heritage boundaries Number 470 Fire Bell, installed in remnants of the original Bathurst bell tower, is of State heritage significance for its historic values, as the first large bell used to establish a centralised fire alert system in Sydney and NSW. It was made in 1855 at Gorbels Foundry in Glasgow. The bell is one of the very few fire alarm bells from the period predating statutory fire control in NSW, the history of its use provides a clear insight into methods of fire alarming prior to statutory control and modern telecommunication systems making it of State heritage significance. Its heritage significance at a state level is enhanced through its association with an historically significant figure in the development of the fire service in NSW, Thomas Bown, founding figure in the evolution of fire fighting services in NSW.

Peter Johnson and J. H. McIntyre to be known as the Dassel Hook & Ladder Fire Company, and be entitled to all the benefits and subject to any penalties as such to the statutes made and provided.” They were equipped with two dozen rubber buckets, two fire axes, and one hook and ladder truck with ladders. After the town's big fire of February 3, 1883, the village bought a Rumsey Hand Engine and a hose cart with 628 feet of hose for $1560. A fire bell was bought on August 5, 1884, at a weight of 450 pounds, and a cost of $90.81. On May 2, 1884, the Dassel Fire Department was organized and called Engine Company No. 1. Dingman & Co. started a brickyard in the west end of Dassel in 1881, which was in operation until 1885.

They also had to re-apply every year to remain in the group. There were a total of 61 bells used by the 13-member group. Ring of Fire has performed around the United States and in Europe. Performances have included concerts with the Boston Pops;Beggy, Carol and Mark Shanahan. “Weekend Names: Group Rings True”, The Boston Globe, December 12, 2003, Living, p. E2. at Portland Trail Blazers games;“Best Bets: Ring of Fire Bell Choir will perform at church”, The Oregonian, Southwest Zoner, p. 2. at events in New York City and Washington, D.C. to memorialize the September 11 attacks;Dang, Shirley. “Rockin’ and ringin’ with teen from Hillsboro’s Ring of Fire: The Tualatin Valley Junior Academy students will add a Boston Pops show to a list of musical accomplishments”, The Oregonian, December 9, 2003, p. E1. in Omaha, Nebraska;“Best Bets”, Omaha World Herald, November 16, 2002, p. 3E.

Two months later it was observed that: :'Great complaints have frequently been made about the position of the fire bell ... The belfry is altogether too low, and last night, it could not be heard at any great distance even by those about in the streets, while those asleep in houses close to the Station and to the scene of the fire were not aroused'.BFP 22/10/1887:2 The Bathurst Board consequently announced its intention to have the tower raised by approximately forty feet (12m) in the hope that, in future, Captain Butcher would not be "put to the inconvenience of sending his own children as messengers to arouse the Brigade". Tenders were called on 6 December 1887, and the work was finished by March 1891. The alterations were generally thought to be a success: :'Very recently the tower attached to the Fire Brigade Station has been altered and the position of the bell changed ... From reports we learn that the alarm last night was heard in the most remote portions of the city'.

The lack of a substantial fire alarm system gave rise to various suggestions for rectifying the situation, with the system used in San Francisco being a dominating topic of discussion: :'... On the roof of the City Hall, which is erected on an elevated point in the centre of San Francisco, ... are constantly stationed watchmen; the belfry having a loud sounding alarm bell. The instant a fire is perceived, a certain number of strokes announces in which of the twelve districts or wards into which the city is divided the fire has been discovered, and thus, ere the fire has time to acquire strength, several engines are on the spot, and the united hoses give them a command of water from various cisterns ...'. The following month, the matter of a fire bell was discussed by Council, at which time a motion to purchase four bells (to be placed throughout the city) was rejected. It was eventually resolved to vote twenty pounds toward the cost of erecting a fire alarm bell at the Central Police Court (as suggested in the abovementioned petition from the three brigades).

Forest Grove started a volunteer fire department on February 4, 1894, with combination of two fire companies. The department was created after bucket brigades were determined to be inefficient, and the two fire companies spent too much time fighting each other. One of the first chiefs was J. G. Lenneville, who was first elected to the post in 1901, and served through at least 1923. In December 1907, the city purchased a hose wagon for $100. The city replaced the fire bell that had been housed at a church and at the Old College Hall at Pacific University with an electric siren in October 1925. A 1907 steamer used by the Portland Fire Bureau was bought by Forest Grove in 1933 for $150, and is still owned by the fire department. In 1956, the Forest Grove Rural Fire Protection District merged into Forest Grove Fire Department. Following the May 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens, the city used the department to clean the ash off of city streets. As of 1980, the Rural District covered and paid 39% of the combined entities' costs, though split capital expenditures at 50-50.