Benton Twp Fire Station To Hold Open House Next Week

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The International Association of Firefighters Local 1562 in Benton Township will be holding an open house at the township fire station next week to celebrate the union’s 50th anniversary. Township fire department Lieutenant Jim Fogarty says that anyone can stop by fire station number one on Crystal Avenue starting at three pm next Friday to meet some of the firefighters who have been around the last five decades.

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Fogarty says that firefighting has changed a great deal over the past 50 years, and even in the past 15. The local firefighters union was started in 1965. At that time, it had six full time members. At its peak, it had 17, and it currently has 12.