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Walton Engine and Hose Company #1
100+ Years of Service to the Community

Organized 1893

Walton Engine and Hose Company Number One (WE&H) was Founded on Nov. 9, 1893.

On May 8, 1894 the alarm sounded the toll of "four" and the company responded to it's first structure fire. WE&H is Proud to serve in the community, continuously ever since.


T-917 Tower Ladder
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Station #1, in the Village section of Chester is the home to WE&H as well as the Chief Officer's office, Department training facilities and the Fire District's meeting room.


T-916 Rescue

WE&H was the first of three fire companies in the Chester Fire Department and is the home of 17 Truck (T-917) a Pierce tower Ladder and Rescue-916 (R-916) the Department's only dedicated rescue unit. WE&H also has in apparatus inventory Engine 914 (E-914) a front-line pumper, Engine 915, an all-wheel drive pumper and M-913 an all-wheel drive Dodge brush truck.


E-914


E-915

Walton Engine & Hose Company is proud to be the home Company of
Chief (Car-1) Jerry Murray and Assistant Chief (Car-3) J.W. Verbert
as well as many past Department Chiefs

bullet Clark Lombarde
bullet Les E. Greenwood
bullet Michael "Mickey" Phillips
bullet Joseph Verbert III
bullet Frank Heller
bullet William Murray
bullet John Deshler
bullet Jack Memmelaar
bullet Al Nucifora
bullet George Hulse
bullet Donald Edwards
bullet William Lord
bullet Joseph Verbert Jr
bullet Patrick Bailey
bullet John H. Lutjens
bullet Charles Otterstedt

  • President - Mark Thomas

  • V.P. - Tim Lavino

  • Treasurer - Joe Critelli

  • Secretary - Thomas Marchiano

  • Captain - Bill Petrick

  • 1st Lieutenant  - Dave Roach

  • 2nd Lieutenant - John Sposato

Walton Engine & Hose Company
Firehouse Address
81 Main St
Chester, NY 10918

Mailing Address
P.O. Box 455
Chester, NY 10918

Firehouse Phone - 845-469-4100
NON EMERGENCY!

Drill every Thursday night at 7:00 p.m.
 Monthly Meetings
 Second Tuesday of each month 7 p.m.


Fire station photos courtesy Bob Chaffee, Goshen FD Photographer
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