Address:  22 Hammond Street, Port Jervis, NY 12771

Phone number:  845 858-4022

Officers: Captain Dominic M. Cicalese, First Lieutenant Michael Sobolewski, Second Lieutenant Terrence Cox, President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Chief Driver, Drivers, Fire Police, Alternates to the Department, any others?

Members as of August - 2008:  Thomas Boland, George Bush, Dominic M. Cicalese, Francis J. Clune, Robert J. Craft, Kenneth S. Cutler, Joshua Davies, Christopher Esposito, James Farr, John Farr, Joseph Farr, Frank Felter, Leslie Fox, Robert Furman, Richard Galloway, Brendan Hess, Josh Hicks, Robert Hicks, Eric Hipsman, Ryan L. Innella, Daniel D. Kurtz, James Lamsden, Dan Loeb, Joseph Maldonado, Jr., Kevin McConnell, Joseph Michulski, Joseph Mills, Timothy Mills, William Morgan, Alan Mosher, Jeffrey Mosher, Robert Murray, Jr., Richard Odendahl, Michael Ogrodnick, Gerald Oney, Jr., Robert D. Padgett, Fred Penny, Rocco Petito, Daniel Pflanz, Sr., Gary Predmore, Robby Predmore, Sidney Quick, Jr., Edward Reck, Steve Sacco, Patricia Sardina, Stephen Sardina, David Simmons, Douglas W. Smith, Michael J. Sobolewski, Bryce Sotelo, Wayne Stevenson, Ralph Tidd, Jr., Michael Trotta, Pat Trott, Jr., Daniel VanKleeck, John Zachry, Jr.

Vehicle information: ENGINE 822:  1987 Sanford, 1500 GPM pump, 500 Gal. tank

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Delaware Engine Company No. 2 was initially organized as Delaware Hose Company No. 2 on Jan. 17, 1857 (however one document says FEBRUARY 12, 1857) by leading businessmen of the city.  C.T. King served as the first Foreman of the company, and two engines which had been purchased at Waterford, Connecticut were placed in its charge.  The company is one of the first and oldest fire companies in the City of Port Jervis and has the record of being one of the first companies to render its service to the city on all alarms of fire.

A year after the company’s formation, Jacob Brant of this company was elected as the first Chief Engineer.

The company was disbanded about 1870.  Its house was closed and its hose was given to the Neversinks. 

The company was reorganized on July 16, 1872, and in the fall of 1872 its fire vehicle "The Claremont" was selected as a winner at the Boston State Fair.  Local residents were reported to have been surprised by the Claremont’s “bright yellow running gear, wide gold stripes, polished steel springs and heavily silvered body.”  The company claimed another first nearly a century later when it accepted delivery of a new white cab-forward diesel engine in 1967.

On August 7, 1873 the company became known once again as Delaware Hose Company No. 2.

From the period of hand drawn hose wagons, it became the first company to own its own horse and patrol wagon which was in service until 1917.  At that time, the city purchased a motor truck for the company which at that time proved to be a most valuable piece of apparatus. 

As time passed, the company fell on hard times and in order to raise money for a dinner at the annual Inspection Day Parade offered its service carriage for sale in local newspapers.

In 1924, Engine Company No. 2 had the first booster tank, an American La France, delivered. In 1948, a new Mack pumper was acquired and used until 1967, at which time the city’s first white truck, first cab forward, and first diesel engine (also a first for Orange County) was delivered.