Blain in Perry County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Blain Fire Company, Inc.

— Perry County Bicentennial 1820 - 2020 —

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 21, 2024

1. Blain Fire Company, Inc. Marker

Inscription.
The Blain Fire Company, Inc. was organized in November 1945 by the Lions Club of Blain and the Blain Borough Council. The company provides fire, rescue and emergency medical services to five municipalities in western Perry County, including Blain Borough and the Townships of Toboyne, Jackson, Southwest Madison and Northeast Madison. The fire district covered 133 square miles with a large portion of that being the Tuscarora State Forest.

The fire/rescue side of the company is 100% volunteer with approximately 30 to 35 firefighters while the EMS side does provide compensation to some crew members.

Erected 2020 by Historical Society of Perry County.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work. In addition, it is included in the Pennsylvania, Perry County Heritage Trail series list. A significant historical month for this entry is November 1945.

Location. 40° 20.302′ N, 77° 30.744′ W. Marker is in Blain, Pennsylvania, in Perry County. It is on East Main Street (Pennsylvania Route 274) just south of West Main Street ( Route 274), on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4 E Main St, Blain PA 17006, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in South-Central Pennsylvania, in the Susquehanna Valley,

and in Greater Harrisburg.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as

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the crow flies: Ancestral Home of the Famous Blaine Family of America (approx. ¼ mile away); Newport & Sherman's Valley Railroad (approx. 0.3 miles away); Blain (approx. 0.3 miles away); Blain Planing Mill (approx. 0.4 miles away); Site of Upper Toboyne Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Magdalena Briner Eby (approx. 2.2 miles away); New Germantown (approx. 3.7 miles away); a different marker also named New Germantown (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Blain.

The Blain Volunteer Fire Company image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 21, 2024

2. The Blain Volunteer Fire Company

Credits. This page was last revised on September 22, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 342 times since then and 155 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 22, 2024, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.