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In May 1914 the first fire truck was purchased with funds raised with public subscriptions and an appropriation of $2000 by the county commissioners. This was a rebuilt 1912 Packard 60 HP. truck with 2 thirty five gallon chemical and it was kept in Uhler’s barn until remodeling of the engine house was completed The cost of this truck was $3400 of which $2000 was paid in cash and a note signed for the balance. This was a right hand drive vehicle with carbide headlamps, which had to be lighted for driving at night, a hand crank, and no cab or windshield. The driver and captain wore goggles in bad weather and later were provided with gauntlet gloves. Wilbur Kelly was the first driver of this truck. The first fire on record which the company responded with the new truck was on September 30, 1914, at the residence of W.M. Harden. The report states that the company saved fifty logs, a pile of cordwood, and an oak tree.
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