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A group of local citizens met in the schoolhouse on December 17,1953 and organized the:
Pottersville Volunteer Fire Company No.1
Pottersville, Bedminster Township
Somerset County, New Jersey
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The membership was drawn from all quarters of town and on January 15, 1954 the Company elected its first slate of officers. There were 25 charter members and a total of 45 members by the end of the first year. On February 6, 1954 the Company was incorporated as The Pottersville Volunteer Fire Company.
The first major effort was the purchase of a fire truck. By holding suppers, auction sales, block parties and associated activities, along with private donations and the contributions of Bedminster and Tewksbury Townships, nearly $5,000.00 was raised the first year. One half of a barn, a short distance south of the present firehouse on Black River Road, was rented from Richard Denny at a cost of $1.00 per year. A concrete floor was laid and alterations made to accomodate a pumper and the required equipment. On the last week of February 1955 our first truck was delivered, a 1954 GMC 500 GPM pumper. This truck was designated "Pottersville Truck #1". After placing a siren on the local schoolhouse the company was now ready to service the community.
In June of 1955 a building fund was set up for the purpose of building a seperate structure owned by the Fire Company to house its trucks and equipment. By tireless effort and continuance of the fund raising activities, which led to our present Antique Show, the building fund began to grow. In 1957 the land on which the present firehouse stands was donated to the Fire Company by William B.K. Bassett. In June of 1958 a bid was accepted and construction started on the firehouse and proceeded in stages as funds became available. Prior to this the regular monthly meetings of the Fire Company were held in the Schoolhouse, the Community House, or the Sportsman Club. The first monthly meeting held in the new Firehouse was April of 1959. The entire building was officially reported completed in the minutes of February 1, 1961.