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Atkinson Fire Department History
Chronological History
1944 - Atkinson Fire Department established by special town meeting vote
1944 - Ward Wright was elected first Fire Chief
1945 - First fire station built and first fire truck hand built
1946 - Red network established
1947 - Clarence Kinney - 2nd Fire Chief
1948 - Wilbur Moody - 3rd Fire Chief
1953 - First new fire truck purchased
1955 - First of 5 additions built onto the Fire Station
1958 - Kenneth Hurteau - 4th Fire Chief
1959 - Second addition built onto Fire Station for toilets
1964 - Meredith Reynolds - 5th Fire Chief
1965 - Third addition built onto Fire Station
1966 - Daniel Stewart - 6th Fire Chief
1969 - Roland Weeman - 7th Fire Chief
1970 - Donald Murphy - 8th Fire Chief
1972 - First radio paging for calls after "Red Network"
1973 - Training tower built by members
1974 - Fourth addition built onto Fire Station
1977 - First four EMT's are trained for medical response
1977 - Fifth addition built onto Fire Station
1979 - First local Volunteer Department to obtain Jaws of Life
1981 - John Rockwell - 9th Fire Chief
1981 - Marsha Holloway - First woman Firefighter/EMT
1982 - Pocket pagers fully implemented
1983 - David Weymouth - 10th Fire Chief
1983 - We stopped riding the tailboards of fire trucks
1990 - Michael Murphy 11th Fire Chief
1991 - First EMT-Intermediate training implemented
1992 - Charter member of district Hazmat Response Team
1994 - Last "converted" fire truck removed from service
2000 - New fire station replaces 55 year old building
2002 - Department begins Paid-Call for emergency response calls
2005 - New "Quint" Fire Engine adds first Aerial Ladder capability to department
2007 - Full Time Private Ambulance Service housed at Fire Station supplementing volunteers
2011 - Department emergency responses grow to 575 calls including 386 medical responses