June 11, 1805
Great Detroit Fire.
1818
Eagle Engine Company organized.
1823
First firehouse constructed at 
Bates and East Larned.
1825
Protection Number 1 and Hurlbut Hose Company 1 organized. Housed at Bates and East Larned.
1827
Eagle Engine Company 2 organized at 
Fort and Griswold.
1828
New firehouse for Protection Number 1 at Bates and East Larned.
1830
Wolverine Engine Company 3 organized at 
Randolph and Atwater.
Rescue Hook and Ladder and Axe Company organized. Housed at Bates and East Larned.
1834
Lafayette Engine Company 4 organized at 
Wayne and Congress.
1836
New firehouse for Eagle Engine Company 2 at Fort and Griswold.
1845
Phoenix Engine Company 5 organized at 
Clifford and Griswold.
1846
Michigan Engine Company 6 organized 
Larned between St Antoine and Hastings.
1847
Michigan Engine Company 6 renamed to Alert Engine Company 6.
1848
Wolverine Engine Company 3 relocated to 
Larned and Brush. Disbanded in 1860.
1849
Union Engine Company 7 organized at 
Riopelle and Larned.
Mechanics Engine Company 8 organized at 
Third between Lafayette and Howard.
1850
Alert Engine Company 6 renamed to Rough and Ready Engine Company 6.
Relief Hook and Ladder Company 2 organized at 
Washington and Larned.
1852
Relief Hook and Ladder Company 2 disbanded.
1855
Phoenix Engine Company 5 renamed Washington Engine Company 5.
Rough and Ready Engine Company 6 renamed Neptune Engine Company 6.
Fighting between companies forces Common Council to disband current fire companies and form eight new ones.
1856
New station for Protection Engine Company 1 and Hurlbut Hose at Wayne and Larned. First Fire Department Headquarters. Adjacent to quarters of Rescue Hook and Ladder Company 1.
Detroit Engine Company 9 organized at 
Gratiot between Beaubien and St Antoine.
1857
Operative Engine Company 10 organized at 
Orchard (later Elizabeth) between 5th and 6th.
Hamtramck Spouters Number 11 organized at 
East Jefferson and St Aubin.
New firehouse for Eagle Engine Company 2 at 
Larned and St Antoine.
Woodbridge Engine Company 12 organized at 
Fort and Thompson (later 12th).
1860
Delivery of first steam fire engine and first fire horses. Lafayette Engine Company 1 organized at 
Wayne between Larned and Congress.
