PHOTOS: Bernard Boltz believes Perseverance Fire Company in Jonestown has a long history of using cutting-edge firefighting technology.
“History runs deep with the company, and we’re the second oldest in the county,” said Boltz, noting that Union Fire Company Engine 16 in Lebanon is the oldest, having been founded in the late 1700s. “Our members take pride in it and we’ve always tried to be cutting edge.”
Nowhere is that more evident in the historic firefighting gear and other apparatus that’s featured in their fire museum. Situated in several rooms in their firehouse, the museum contains artifacts from as early as the 1800s. (One of the two museum rooms mostly houses historic items related to Jonestown, founded in 1761, and other memorabilia from the surrounding area.)