History

On May 12, 1902, the Windsor Fire Department was organized for the protection
of the property within the Town of Windsor. The first equipment consisted of a hose cart with 550 feet of 2 1/2" hose, a nozzle, two axes, and four buckets. The fire alarm was a flanged rim off of a locomotive engine and was hanging at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets. A hammer, with an iron handle and a hole bored through it, was chained to the post. In the event of a fire, the rim was pounded with the hammer. The first man at the hose cart started to the fire, joined by others, as the lead rope was unwound. The cart had a gong which rang as they traveled to the fire. The gong let the firemen know the location of
the cart en route.

In 1914, a chemical cart was added to the equipment. The first motorized apparatus was added in 1916. A 1914 American LaFrance chain-driven truck with equipment was purchased from the City of Greeley. In 1925, it was replaced with a REO
Speedwagon. In 1941, an International Howe Pumper was purchased, which is still fully operational today as a parade and public relations truck. The Windsor-Severance Fire Protection District was formed in 1950.  We added a 1951 Ford Howe Pumper to cover the rural area. The District grew to 110 square miles and covered the towns of Windsor, Severance and Weld and Larimer Counties.