History
The Marmora Volunteer Fire Company was organized
and conceived
in 1947.
After the organization, the meetings
were then held in the basement of a members
home until
the completion of the first firehouse. The first building
was
built with the combined efforts of many volunteers.
Many donated items and discounts, along
with the sweat
and toil of the Marmora Firemen, made the firehouse a reality.
Intially the building housed only one vehicle - the original
truck -
a World War II
Navy Crash Truck. Soon the company would
acquire a 1300 gallon tanker
and other apparatus. These
were the for-runners of the apparatus we have today.
The method for putting out fires at first was by Indian Cans
only
and gradually over the years progressed with the purchase of the
finest
fire fighting apparatus in the County. If the equipment was
used
it was rebuilt and worked on with tender loving care; if it
was built
to specifications it was designed
with the same tender
loving care and purpose. Firefighting equipment and practices have improved greatly. This year
is the fifth decade that we have served
our community with
up to date apparatus that affords us not only
a good firefighting capability, but also gives us the largest water
transport capacity of any fire company in Cape May County.