428 Lincoln Ave.
Box 86
Wamego, KS. 66547
The Wamego Fire Department was
organized in July of 1899 and granted charter to the Firemen’s Relief
Association on May 2, 1900. The present day, two story firehouse located at 410
Elm Street was built in 1928 with living quarters on the second floor to
accommodate three or four firemen.
While no firefighters occupy the station as living quarters today; the
fire station has shared use as City Hall, Municipal Court, Boy Scout
headquarters and Police station, complete with a four cell jail over the past
seventy-five [75] years.
The 1928 fire station has many
memories within it’s walls and has served the hundreds of volunteer
firefighters of Wamego as a place of honor and stability for many years. This station today houses two ferocious fire
engines, a 1979 300 hp. American LaFrance with a 500 gallon water tank, and
pumping capability of over 1,500 gallons of water per minute and a year 2000
330 hp. Custom Contender built by Pierce Manufacturing Company. The Pierce engine carries 1,000 gallons of
water and has a pumping rate of 1,250 gallons per minute. The station grounds
also house a personnel carrying 6-passenger 1985 Dodge van complete with
medical treatment equipment and additional fire gear. The old jail house, that used to hold criminals for wrong doings
now plays host to a large SCBA air bottle filling station and miscellaneous
storage for the Wamego Fire department. The Wamego Fire Department also has a
dedicated 1990 Chevy water tanker truck that holds 1,500 gallon of additional
water supply. The tanker truck was,
donated to the fire department in 2001 by the Farrell Gas Company.
The Wamego Fire Department with its
104 plus year history as an organized fire department remains an all volunteer
fire department with 23 dedicated trained firefighters serving the community of
Wamego. The Fire Department holds
semi-monthly general meetings that include training in basic firefighting, pump
operations, emergency driving, hazardous material incidents, high and low angle
technical rope rescue, confined space rescue, auto extraction, disaster
management and pre fire planning of area structures. Training is and always has been an important factor in the
success of the Wamego Fire Department.
Today the department has all 23 members trained to State certified FF I
level and most are trained to the State certified level of FF II . The department also has 5- EMT’s and
1-Paramedic on staff to serve our district.
The fire department members take an active roll in attending local and
state held training classes offered by Kansas University Fire Training
Institute. The Wamego Fire Department
firefighters truly hold the dedication of serving the community with courage
and honor to protect and serve their community as a privilege of membership to
the Wamego Fire Department.