Slaton Volunteer Fire Station

The interesting thing about the Slaton Volunteer First Station is that it’s been a fire sation for a long time, but continues to be undated and modernized so while it’s an old building, it remains a function segment of Slaton’s infrastructure. The historical marker reads:

The Santa Fe Railroad established Slaton in 1911. In 1919, residents established a bucket brigade to help fight fires. Alex DeLong served as Fire Chief of the group, which used chemical tanks and buckets of water drawn from wells to extinguish fires. The following year, the city began work on a water system and fiire mains, and in 1922 the city bought its first fire truck. The volunteer fire department grew over the years in manpower and equipment, operating first from city hall and then from its won fire station beginning in 1928. Today, the firefighters serve Slaton as well as surrounding communities.