NO ONE KNOWS FOR SURE HOW OR WHY THE FIRE COMPANY CAME INTO EXISTENCE BUT SOME BELIEVE IT CAME TO BE BECAUSE OF THE GROWING POPULATION THAT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE MINING TOWNS NEARBY (MIDDLEPORT BEING A MINING TOWN ITSELF AND GROWING RAPIDLY) AND THE RAILROAD COMING IN. WE DO KNOW THAT IT WAS ESTABLISHED APRIL 5TH, 1907 UNDER THE NAME OF CITIZENS FIRE COMPANY NO. 1 OF MIDDLEPORT. WE ALSO KNOW THAT IT WAS CHARTERED UNDER THE SAME NAME 6 MONTHS LATER. WE ARE NOT SURE IF THEY WERE A BUCKET BRIGADE OR IF THEY USE A HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGE OR WHAT EVERYONE THEN CONSIDERED TO BE A MODERN DAY HORSELESS FIRE TRUCK . WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT EQUIPMENT OR TRUCKS WERE USED UNTIL THE PICTURES IN THE UPPER RIGHT THAT SHOW SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE THEY PURCHASED WHAT WE BELIEVED TO BE AN EARLY 1940'S CHEVY FIRE TRUCK WHICH WAS IN SERVICE TILL THE FIRE CO. PURCHASED A TANKER AND THE 750 CARMAR WHICH WERE IN SERVICE UNTIL 2007 WHEN THE FIRE COMPANY PURCHASED 1984 MACK AND THE 1979 BRUSH TRUCK. THE 1984 MACK AND THE 1979 BRUSH TRUCK ARE STILL IN SERVICE TODAY.