|
Year(s)
|
Historic Significance
|
| 1869 |
City of Madison is incorporated |
| 1869-1940s |
Bucket brigades and military surplus trucks for fire fighting by volunteers |
| 1948 |
Mayor Walton Hughes purchases first official Fire truck |
| 1948-1968 |
Madison Fire Department evolves through city planning, water systems, and volunteer firefighters |
| 1968 |
City of Madison begins construction on Fire Station #1 located on Sullivan Street just north of Palmer Road |
| 1969 |
Madison hires its first full-time paid Firefighter, Chief Charles Wallace whom joined as a volunteer in 1964 |
| 1975 |
Madison becomes a combo department, of volunteer and paid firefighters |
| 1976 |
Fire Department becomes first responders to medical calls |
| 1987 |
Station #2 is built on Hughes Road just south of Highway 72 |
| 1996 |
Station #1 moves to new building located at corner of Mill Road and Hughes Road |
| 1999 |
Chief Wallace retires as chief after 30 years of full-time and five years as a volunteer |
| 2000 |
Madison hires Ralph Cobb as its new Chief |
| 2003 |
Fire Station #3 is built on County Line Road just south of Highway 72 |