ON DECEMBER 16, 1975, CAPTAIN WILMER HALE GAVE HIS LIFE IN THE LINE OF DUTY WHILE FIGHTING THE BUCKEYE FABRIC FIRE
ON JULY 25, 1916, THE COSHOCTON FIRE DEPARTMENT TOOK DELIVERY OF THE FIRST MOTORIZED PIECE OF EQUIPMENT THE CITY PURCHASED.
IT WAS A 1918 SEAGRAVE, BUILT BY THE SEAGRAVE COMPANY IN COLUMBUS, OH. IT ARRIVED IN COSHOCTON ON A RAILROAD FLATCAR.