In 1908 a group of 6 civic-minded men decided the town had grown sufficiently to require its own fire department.  In September of that year a meeting was held and as a result the Germantown Hose Company #1 was formed.  This town is forever grateful for those six men:   Isaac Rockefeller, William Lasher, Eugene Dewitt, Arthur Denegar, Charles Hover and George Brehawy​