TODAY: Pancake Breakfast At Doylestown Fire Company No. 1

DOYLESTOWN BOROUGH, PA — There's nothing like a stack of hot pancakes on a Saturday morning, especially when they're made by Doylestown's own volunteer firefighters.

The community is invited to the Doylestown Fire Station at 63 Shewell Avenue on Saturday, March 18 for the company's pancake breakfast. It will be served from 6:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Tickets are $10 at the door for adults; $5 for ages 6 to 12; and free for children under age 5.

In addition to enjoying breakfast and conversation, everyone attending the breakfast will have a chance to check out the company’s Ahrens Fox Engine 19-3, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2023.

The “Fox" pumper was purchased by the company from the Ahrens Fox Company of Cincinnati, Ohio in June, 1923 at a cost of $13,400. It was commissioned for service by the Doylestown community in Dec. 1923.

The truck, along with a twin 1923 Fox destined for service by the Lambertville, New Jersey Fire Company, were shipped via the Reading Railroad to Doylestown in October 1923.

The “Fox" served as a key firefighting apparatus protecting the Doylestown community for more than 50 years, with its last response being the fire at the old Borough School on Sept. 23, 1973.