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Welcome to the
site of
Reade Volunteer Fire Company,
Station 63,
Cambria County, PA.
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The members of Station 63 would like to remind
everyone that the children are going to be starting back to school on Tuesday, August 26, 2008. Please use caution during the morning and afternoon hours when the school bus will be making
frequent stops for the children. Please drive carefully and be alert for children. As we all know, if children are anything,
they are unpredictable. "Reade Township has many children, but we have none to spare"
"Reade Volunteer Fire Company Reserves The Right To Remove Any Comment,
Posting, Picture, Etc... Deemed Unacceptable For Our WebSite"
Retired "Fire Tones" click to play!
Retired "EMS Tones" click to play!
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In constructing this website, we are attempting
to show our heritage, from the humble beginnings to our proud present. In the process of gathering information, some
of it may not be historically correct. We try to rely on written records. However, when there are no
records, we try to piece together information given to us by our heritage....the elderly past members of our company.
It is of great thanks to them that we have what information we have. In an attempt to give a correct history of the
Reade Volunteer Fire Company, we ask anyone with any knowledge and/or pictures of this companies past, to sign our guest book
and drop us a note of how we can get in touch with you. Thank you.
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In the Spring of 1946, several men from
Reade Township met with the purpose of forming a volunteer fire company. Those charter members formed what had long
been the Reade Volunteer Fire Company. The original fire apparatus was housed in a store basement in Blandburg.
During the early years of the fire company, the firefighters were alerted to an emergency through the activation of the siren
at the Harbison-Walker Refactory in Blandburg. The name of the fire company was at one time changed to the Reade Township
Volunteer Fire Company.
Now over 60 years later, the name has
changed back to the Reade Volunteer Fire Company, the apparatus is housed in its own three bay station with offices, kitchen
and social hall and members are alerted to emergencies through UHF radios while the station siren is activated from the Cambria
County 911 center 30 miles away.
While so much has changed over the years,
one thing remains constant: our committment to protecting and preserving the lives and property of the residents of
Reade Township and surrounding communities as well as those who may be simply passing through.
Our coverage area consists of the entire
Reade Township in rural northwest corner of Cambria County in central Pennsylvania. We respond on nine different box
cards covering 39 square miles. Most of the area is agricultural/undeveloped. However, with SR53, SR253 and
SR865 traversing the area, many calls are of the motor vehicle nature. There are approximately 1,764 residents, 1,000
residences and numerous businesses. The area is 85% hydrant protected. Reade Township borders White and Dean townships
in Cambria county to the south, Beccaria and Gulich townships in Clearfield county to the north and west and Antis township
in Blair county to the east. As we are located at least 10 miles from the next nearest fire company, many of our calls
are simultaneously dispatched.
We are a small in number fire company
but big in heart in the duties we perform. Proud of our heritage and excited about our future, the firefighters at Station
63 are eager to assist those in need.
We are a volunteer fire
company that strives to provide emergency and non-emergency services through continuing education and training. Although
answering emergency calls and training are top priorities for our department, much of our
time and energy goes into fundraising to enable us to purchase new safety equipment and emergency vehicles.
" Who answers the call
when you dial 911 ?
Please support your local Firefighter's and E.M.S. !!!! "
By clicking here, you will be directed to a site where you may send an email to U.S. Military members to show your support.
 
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