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Norristown Fire Police Association, Inc.
c/o 649 Kohn Street
Norristown, PA 19401
History
The Norristown Fire Police Unit was formed in 1922 and reorganized in 1942. They held their meetings in the City Hall Room of the Spanish War Veterans Building. On Thanksgiving Day, 1943, they "Housed" their first Fire Police Car at the Norristown Hose Fire Company. Besides the car, the equipment consisted of 1000 feet of rope, picks, shovels, crow bars, jacks, a first aid kit, lights, lanterns, blankets, a tarpaulin and other articles which might be needed by the unit at the scene of a blaze. At that time the Fire Police Unit consisted five men from each of the five Fire Companies in Norristown. It served at virtually all fires, roping off streets and maintaining order so that the firemen were not handicapped by spectators.
Before 1978 the Fire Police Unit consisted of only men. Today our unit consists of men and women, who perform a good job of protecting the firefighters and assisting police departments.
In January 1980 the unit incorporated and is now known as Norristown Fire Police Association Inc., Its current membership has members from four of the five companies, and a traffic unit that is housed at the Hancock Fire Company. The Association meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 7 P.M. Any member of the five Norristown Companies can join. If you feel you can no longer fight fires, but want to stay active, come join us.
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| Traffic 27 is a 1997 Ford E-350 equipped with an 800 MHz mobile radio, generator with lights, first aid kit, helmets, and vests. It also carries traffic control devices such as flashlights, cones, barricades, traffic signs, flares & caution tape. |
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