(From the Minutes of the Merced Fire Department of the Town and County of Merced, State of California. Mar 30, 1874: The President of the Merced Fire Department met at the Court House to hear the report of the Committee appointed to purchase an Engine and for the election of Officers for the ensuing year.
President Evans' extinguished the fire using a Babcock fire extinguisher. 1 responded to their first fire in an outbuilding in the rear of the El Capital Hotel. 1, a volunteer fire company, was formed with Charles Evans serving as the President. 1872 : New town of Merced is established.Īpr 14, 1873: A group of Merced business and property owners began meeting for the purpose of creating a volunteer fire department after learning of a large fire in the nearby town of Snelling.
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