About

Friedens Fire Company was founded in 1926 and incorporated in June of 1936. A lot of history has come out of this small town fire company including the first woman firefighter in Pennsylvania, Lorraine Merkel. Along side of her was her husband, L. Jacob Merkel or "Jakey" as called by most. In 2006, Jakey was honored as the longest active living volunteer in the United States. Jakey also served as a past chief and president of the fire company. After his passing, his son Joel now serves as current Chief along with his grandson Jeremy as Deputy Chief & President and other grandson Brent as an active firefighter and trustee.