Our history

The Milford Fire Department was made up of three companies in the late 1800s. Sawkill hook & ladder, Vandermark hose company, and Delaware hose company. As research continues, we hope to find where the locations for these three companies were. In the 1920s the companies made a great advancement with the purchase of two motor powered Hahns fire trucks. In 1931 all three departments would combine together as the Milford fire department as we know it today.They would continue to operate out the borough building until the mid 1950s taking over the old laundry mat next door, and expanding services by the purchase of a Cadillac ambulance.

Depending on where you lived within Milford, determined which company within the MFD you were apart of.

MFD after receiving the 2 Hahns in the 1920s.

Milford fire dept. Circa 1910. The bell atop the tower can be seen today in our memorial park.

Delaware hose company in a parade.

Photo was taken between 1892-1894.

Original hand drawn plans for the Hahns pumper truck.

Thank you to the Pike county historical society

Our Current Department

Our department now consists of 2 Engines, 1 Rescue, 1 Tanker, 1 Brush Truck, 1 Supports Unit, 1 UTV, 2 chiefs Vehicles and an Ambulance. We average about 500 Fire and just under 700 EMS calls a year.

We cover more area then we did back in the day. our Fire department main running area covers Milford borough, Milford township, half of Dingman township, and small part of Westfall township. In that area we Cover 20 mile of Interstate 84

Our Ambulance covers less of an area then when it was first started only because originally the Milford Ambulance covered most of Pike County, being one of the only ambulances in the area. Now the Ambulance covers, Milford Borough and Milford Township.

  • No the Fire Department is 100% Volunteer, But our Ambulance crews are paid 12 hours a day leaving the rest of the day tp be covered by the volunteers

  • Currently the oldest truck we operate is a 1995 Pierce Dash Engine. Engine 1 will be replaced in the next few years with a Ferrara custom mid mount pumper

  • membership varies from year to year, currently our department has 60 members, 30 of which respond every day.