Re: Marlton No. 1 Fire Station -- Woodstream At Marlton & Evesham Township NJ Nostalgia Forum

[ Show ]

Support VoyForums

[ Shrink ]

VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Contact Forum Admin ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2 ]

Subject: Re: Marlton No. 1 Fire Station

Author:
John S. Flack

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 12:36:32 08/03/08 Sun
In reply to: George W. Stevenson, Jr. 's message, "Marlton No. 1 Fire Station" on 13:29:09 07/28/08 Mon

>John,
>
>Thank you for the information on the old veteran
>fireman at Marlton No. 1 Fire Station back in 1966. I
>just have one more question. Does the Fire Station
>still sound off the 6 pm siren? Back in the 1960's the
>siren would sound off at 6 pm, every evening, as a
>daily schedule.
>
>George

George,

The siren was removed from the Fire Station when they built the new building in 1998, and it wasn't used for years before that. The last time I remember them sounding it was for the last alarm for Louis Gravinese when he passed away. I think the 6 PM siren test ended when Burlington County took over the Fire, Ambulance and Police dispatching in the late 1970's - but the siren was still used for calls until the late 1980's. I read somewhere if the dispatcher was a little late with the test people would complain - I guess they really counted on that to tell them when it was 6:00.

John

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]