The Quakake Volunteer Fire Co. was organized and chartered in 1941. It was incorporated in the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County on Nov. 24, 1941. On January 1, 2018 they merged with Hometown Fire Company.<\/p>\n
The company’s Ladies Auxiliary formed in 1942. It was chartered and incorporated on Feb. 7, 1955. The auxiliary is a very active group, and a strong and reliable organization. Their fundraising efforts support the company, and the auxiliary is a dedicated arm of the fire service<\/p>\n
The fire station is a former three-room schoolhouse situated on two acres of ground in the village of Quakake. It was purchased from the former Rush Township Board of School Directors in the late 1960s before that group was merged with the Mahanoy Area Joint School District. The purchase price of $70 included the building, the land, and all contents. Dr. Fred Cox was president of the school directors at the time, and Carl Bachert was president of the fire company at that time. Dan Metzger was the recording secretary, and Irvin Leidinger was the building’s maintenance man (janitor).<\/p>\n
Fire Chiefs, 1941-2018<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Mills Vehicles 1941-1991<\/strong> Communications Equipment 1941-1991<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Rush Township fire police started in 1971 with 3 members-Mickey Capos, Paul Miller, and Danny Tolan. Their only responsibility was to assist at fire scenes. The first Captain was Mickey Capos. Paul Miller was Lieutenant.\u00a0 In 1984 they joined the Schuylkill County Fire Police, where they assisted at fire scenes and helped with traffic control throughout the county. In 1995 Paul Miller and Merle Wertman received additional schooling to enable them to better serve the community. At that time they answered 70 to 100 calls per year. Merle Wertman became lieutenant in 1995. \u00a0In 2007 Paul Miller retired as Captain and Merle Wertman took over as Captain. At this time, 2010 our Fire Police cover 3 counties-Schuylkill, Carbon, and Luzerne. We have 12 Fire Police and 3 Secondary Fire Police. \u00a0They respond to accidents, search and rescue, fires, crowd control, and other special assignments. They answer 150 to 190 calls\u00a0 per year. The are also a vital asset to our Police Department.\u00a0 Josh Grim became captain in 2023.<\/p>\n Current sworn fire police officers:<\/p>\n Joshua Grim Sr. – Captain<\/p>\n Keith Duda, Lt.<\/p>\n Beverly Schiano, Lt.<\/p>\n Al Witkowski<\/p>\n Matt Witkowski<\/p>\n Tom Kline<\/p>\n Barry Messerschmidt – Fire Chief<\/p>\n Ed Tite<\/p>\n George Gerhard<\/p>\n Erika Gerhard<\/p>\n Bryce DeAngelo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fire Department The Hometown Fire Company serves Rush Township. The fire company is dispatched by the state-of-the-art Schuylkill County Communications Center. The emergency number in Rush Township is 911. The fire company has their own equipment, committed volunteers, and trained fire police. Hometown Fire Company \u2013 Chief Barry Messerschmidt To volunteer with the Hometown Fire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":201,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3886,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/170\/revisions\/3886"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nLeonard Eli Walter
\nHomer Neifert
\nFranklin \u201cCorky\u201d Fegley
\nCarroll \u201cMoonie\u201d Croll
\nHerbert Neifert
\nJack Weeks
\nLynn Walter Sr.
\nEarl Trout
\nRoy Lorah
\nReese Walter
\nJimmy Fegley
\nScott Brill Jr.
\nWesley M. Konsavage<\/p>\n
\nAmerican LaFrance pumper
\nMack tanker
\nDiamond T pumper
\nChevrolet 8-cylinder tanker\/pumper
\nChevrolet 6-cylinder tanker\/pumper
\nFord van (equipment carrier)
\nArmy ambulance (equipment carrier)
\nMack pumper
\nChevrolet van (equipment carrier)
\n1992 KME pumper (dedicated by Oliver Fegley in memory of his two grandsons)<\/p>\n
\nLakewood Telephone Co. “party lines”
\nFire phones
\nCB radios
\nFM radios
\nPagers<\/p>\n![\"fire-truck\"](\"https:\/\/rushtownship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/fire-truck.jpg\")
<\/p>\nRush Township Fire Police – Captain Josh Grim<\/h3>\n
Fire Police – Hometown<\/h3>\n
Secondary<\/h3>\n