There are still two fire companies in the borough. Fire service will not change. Author: Elizabeth Worthington Updated: 5:02 PM EST March 11, 2021
THROOP, Pa. Eric Hartshorn has spent the last 33 years as a volunteer firefighter for Throop Hose Company #2.
Now, he has to say goodbye. My whole family was involved in this, my two sisters, my brother, my father, myself. It s been a long journey, said Hartshorn.
The 118-year-old fire company officially dissolved Wednesday night. It hasn t been fully operational in years because of dwindling membership, so this was more of a formality, but still, an emotional one. It was a tough decision. We only had five members that would regularly come around, and we didn t think it was fair to the community to send out envelopes and ask for money when we couldn t even hold a function or get people out to respond to calls. So this is what it came to, said Hartshorn.