Hecktown Volunteer Fire Company #1

Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania

On August 28,  1917 eighteen men met at the Hecktown Hotel to discuss organizing the Hecktown Fire Company #1.  These men decided that there was a need for a volunteer fire company to serve Hecktown and the surrounding area.  The first “Fire House” was a house that was rented opposite the Hecktown Hotel on what is now Route 191.  The first official fire station was built across the street from the Trinity Lutheran Church on Route 191 in 1920.  The fire house consisted of a garage on the ground floor with a Social Club / Meeting Room upstairs.  The next firehouse was built in 1955 on the current site at 230 Nazareth Pike.  The building consisted of one bay and a Social Club.  This station was added to several times over the years.

        The new fire station is now situated behind the previous fire station at 230 Nazareth Pike on the same piece of property.  The new facility has 8 bays for apparatus, bunks rooms, a classroom, offices, a kitchen and a day room.  The new station also has a display area for the first piece of new apparatus ever purchased by the Fire Company, a 1935 Ford pumper.  The new fire station has been carefully planned to meet the needs of a rapidly growing Lower Nazareth Township long into the future.