Walnut Street Fire Co. #4

Our history

In January of 1873, the Butz Brewery at the far north end of Walnut Street burned to the ground. Residents of north Walnut became concerned about fire protection in their area of the town and, at a meeting held on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1873, founded Walnut Street Fire Company # 4. The minutes of that organizational meeting have been preserved and are kept in a fire-proof safe at the company's current fire station at Walnut and Third Streets.

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Administrative Officers

Line Officers

Karl Eaglin - President Don McKay, Jr. - Captain
Harold Kidwell - Vice President Jeff Abbott - 1st Lt.
Darren Kalb - Sect / Treas. Don McKay, Sr. - 2nd Lt.
  Jack Bird - Sr. Team Leader
  Bob Schoenstein - Team Leader
  Frank Taff - Engineer
  Andrew Horine - Asst. Engineer

Members

Abbott, Jeff Auxier, Aaron
Bennett, Logan Bird, Jack
Bird, Mike Conover, Travis
DeLorenzo, Stephan Dillard, Kevin
Eaglin, Karl Goebel, Richard
Green, Joshua Hadley, Duane
Horine, Andrew Kalb, Darren
Kalb, William Kidwell, Harold
Taff, Frank Lichlyter, Kevin
McKay, Ben McKay, Charles
McKay, Don, Jr. McKay, Don, Sr
McKay, Kevin Poindexter, William
Schoenstein, Robert Schoenstein, John
Solomon, Merle