History

The Alliance Fire Department started out in 1893 by combining 2 volunteer companies, the Babcock Hook and Ladder Co. and the Keystone Fire Co., when the department worked under a contract system with 2 regular and 3 call men, another paid man was added in 1896, and the 3 call men were dispensed of. There were a total of 5 paid firefighters by 1902 and kept growing from there. Now there are a total of 30 professional firefighters and 1 inspector in the union. The union was established in 1936, and has carried on to this day.

A fire station was built on Market Street at Freedom Avenue to house the new department. The building is still there, and is now the home of the Carnation City Players’ Firehouse Theatre. Two more stations were added in the early 1900’s. The station at Garwood and Liberty (#2’s) operated until the 1950’s, was sold by the city and has been used by several business concerns since that time. Mount Union Fire Station (#3’s) at 2120 S Union Ave. has been in continual use since 1909. The department began operating out of the current Central Fire Station in 1974. The station sits on the site of the former Broadway School at 63 E. Broadway St.