History
Formed in 1929, River Road is the smallest firematic district both in size and residences in the Town of Tonawanda. The River Road Fire District occupies a small sliver of three residential streets in an area where heavy industry surrounds its district on all sides. There are several major industrial points of interest in the Fire Protection District #1 area including the Dunlop Tire Plant, Dupont Chemical Plant, FMC, 3M, GM Powertrain Plant and the NRG Huntley Power Plant. This abundance of heavy industry showcases the necessity for a fire station in this heavily industrial area of the town.
The River Road Fire Company was quartered at 59 Kaufman Avenue in a cramped two-bay station which was originally built in 1929. The station had showed its age and was in desperate need of replacement. Last year the fire company moved into a state of the art two bay station built across the street from the old fire hall. As well, River Road purchased from the Brighton Fire District their old Engine 6 which has replaced River Road's aged Engine 1.
In the 90s the membership had shrunk to the point where there was talk of disbanding River Road or merging them into another town fire company. However since 2002 membership at the River Road Fire Company has grown.
Read more about this topic: River Road Volunteer Fire Company Incorporated
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