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The Old Pabst Hook & Ladder Co. (See Photo 17) On December 28, 1893, the council appointed a fire warden and an assistant fire marshall for two weeks to inspect flues, chimneys and other matters relating to fire safety. The next day, the council asked the city attorney to draw up an ordinance requiring the businesses around the Square and on E Street to keep a barrel of water at each location. Building owners also were required to keep six "hand grenades," glass spheres containing carbon tetrachloride. Several months later, city officials agreed to name a new piece of firefighting apparatus after a brewing company in exchange for the funds to purchase it. The deal called for the new truck to be called the Pabst Hook & Ladder Co.
(Courtesy of the EFD, Eldon Henderson, Training Officer.)
(See Pioneer Stories - Early history of the Enid Fire Department)