Overview

• 6th Battalion
• Organized: July 1, 1864 Washington City Fire Department
• Original Apparatus: Unknown make Hose Reel Carriage 1866 Amoskeag 600 gpm steam fire engine.
• Became District of Columbia Fire Department September 23, 1871.
• 1st Location: New Jersey Ave. & B Street SE in old Columbia Fire Company firehouse.
• 2nd Location: New firehouse at Delaware Ave. & C Streets NE on May 1, 1875.
• 3rd Location: New firehouse at 439 New Jersey Ave. NW with Truck Co. 1 on November 26, 1916.

Apparatus in House

• Engine 3
• Medic 3

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