Southampton Hose Company #1
Established 1912
Captain
Kenneth Lockard
1st LieutenantPatrick Terry |
2nd LieutenantMichael Adamczyk |
Company History
The Southampton Hose Company was organized in March 1912. It was incorporated on April 26, 1912 under the leadership of Emanuel Grigg, Foreman and Donald Bagshaw, Assistant Foremen. Other members at the time were: Louis Ginocchio, Peter Shug, George Barr, Leonard Miller, John W. Kampf Sr., James Davies, Louis Schmidt, Maynard King, Ernest C Peterson and Hugh R Edwards.
The “car” (what they called their first truck) was housed in a barn on Old Town Road owned by Fred Kampf I. In 1916 the men of the Southampton Hose Company purchased a 1911 CGY themselves and presented to the Village of Southampton its first motorized hose truck. This was done under the leadership of George Barr, Foremen and Leonard Miller, Assistant Foremen.
In 1920 the position of Foremen was changed to Captain, and Assistant Foremen to 1st Lieutenant. The rank of 2nd Lieutenant was added in 1943. In 1937 the company purchased a GMC hose truck. In the early days, the Hose Company’s function was that of a support company for the Agawam Engine Company. As there was no pump on the 1937 GMC and its predecessors, the Southampton Hose Co. was to lay hose from the hydrant to the Engine Co. attack truck or supply pumper. This was the case until 1969 when the company received a 1969 Ford pumper, unit 18. This was the era of the Southampton Fire Department when companies’ duties became universal. Agawam Engine Co. began carrying supply hose and Southampton Hose Co. received pumpers rather than hose wagons.
In 1923, with William McAuliff as Captain and Edwards as 1st Lieutenant, the O’Conner building on Meeting House Lane was purchased and served a home to the Southampton Hose Co. until the Hampton Road firehouse was built 1959. The Meeting House Lane building is presently headquarters to the Southampton Village Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
Unit 18 was replaced in 1986 with a 1986 Ford, which was followed by a 2004 Pierce Dash Pumper; with 2000 gallon per minute pump capacity. New 18 is a state of the art piece of apparatus and the first Southampton Hose Co. truck with and enclosed crew cab – much appreciated on cold winter nights.
In 1972 , a surplus 1952 G.I truck chassis was purchased (driven back from Massachusetts by Rich Geminski) and a 2000 –gallon tank was mounted locally. “Old 36” was delegated to Hook & Ladder and became a valuable water source for fire outside the Village where there were no hydrants. In 1976, when Engine Co. unit 16, a four wheel drive International pumper complete with a front mount pump, was due for replacement, Southampton Hose Co. took the opportunity to update the old G.I. and the 2000 gallon water tank was moved to the chassis of unit 16. Unit 16 then became unit 36 and the Southampton Hose Co. became a two truck company. In 1995, old 36 was replaced by our present tanker, a 1995 Ford with 3000 gallon capacity tank.
Southampton Hose Co. is proud to have had two 3-generation families in its membership: John W. Kampf Sr., his son John W Kampf Jr., and his son Fred H Kampf II. Fred’s son Mike proudly serves in the Agawam Engine Co. The Frankenbach family has also had 3 generations in Southampton Hose co. Albert "Boo" Frankenbach, his son Jim Frankenbach and grandson Jake served together until Boo retired after 54 years of service.
While several Hose Co. members have served as Captain on two occasions, only one member, Robert Sendlenski, has served 3 separate terms as company Captain, for a total of six plus years.
Six members of the Southampton Hose Co. have risen to the rank of Chief Engineer of the Southampton Fire Department. They are: William McAuliff 1935, Douglas Morris 1967, Fred H Kampf II 1985, Brian P Cooke 2005, Dennis Roy, 2013, and Alfred Callahan, 2021.
The “car” (what they called their first truck) was housed in a barn on Old Town Road owned by Fred Kampf I. In 1916 the men of the Southampton Hose Company purchased a 1911 CGY themselves and presented to the Village of Southampton its first motorized hose truck. This was done under the leadership of George Barr, Foremen and Leonard Miller, Assistant Foremen.
In 1920 the position of Foremen was changed to Captain, and Assistant Foremen to 1st Lieutenant. The rank of 2nd Lieutenant was added in 1943. In 1937 the company purchased a GMC hose truck. In the early days, the Hose Company’s function was that of a support company for the Agawam Engine Company. As there was no pump on the 1937 GMC and its predecessors, the Southampton Hose Co. was to lay hose from the hydrant to the Engine Co. attack truck or supply pumper. This was the case until 1969 when the company received a 1969 Ford pumper, unit 18. This was the era of the Southampton Fire Department when companies’ duties became universal. Agawam Engine Co. began carrying supply hose and Southampton Hose Co. received pumpers rather than hose wagons.
In 1923, with William McAuliff as Captain and Edwards as 1st Lieutenant, the O’Conner building on Meeting House Lane was purchased and served a home to the Southampton Hose Co. until the Hampton Road firehouse was built 1959. The Meeting House Lane building is presently headquarters to the Southampton Village Volunteer Ambulance Corps.
Unit 18 was replaced in 1986 with a 1986 Ford, which was followed by a 2004 Pierce Dash Pumper; with 2000 gallon per minute pump capacity. New 18 is a state of the art piece of apparatus and the first Southampton Hose Co. truck with and enclosed crew cab – much appreciated on cold winter nights.
In 1972 , a surplus 1952 G.I truck chassis was purchased (driven back from Massachusetts by Rich Geminski) and a 2000 –gallon tank was mounted locally. “Old 36” was delegated to Hook & Ladder and became a valuable water source for fire outside the Village where there were no hydrants. In 1976, when Engine Co. unit 16, a four wheel drive International pumper complete with a front mount pump, was due for replacement, Southampton Hose Co. took the opportunity to update the old G.I. and the 2000 gallon water tank was moved to the chassis of unit 16. Unit 16 then became unit 36 and the Southampton Hose Co. became a two truck company. In 1995, old 36 was replaced by our present tanker, a 1995 Ford with 3000 gallon capacity tank.
Southampton Hose Co. is proud to have had two 3-generation families in its membership: John W. Kampf Sr., his son John W Kampf Jr., and his son Fred H Kampf II. Fred’s son Mike proudly serves in the Agawam Engine Co. The Frankenbach family has also had 3 generations in Southampton Hose co. Albert "Boo" Frankenbach, his son Jim Frankenbach and grandson Jake served together until Boo retired after 54 years of service.
While several Hose Co. members have served as Captain on two occasions, only one member, Robert Sendlenski, has served 3 separate terms as company Captain, for a total of six plus years.
Six members of the Southampton Hose Co. have risen to the rank of Chief Engineer of the Southampton Fire Department. They are: William McAuliff 1935, Douglas Morris 1967, Fred H Kampf II 1985, Brian P Cooke 2005, Dennis Roy, 2013, and Alfred Callahan, 2021.