Jackson Township
Fire Department
570-696-1818
1160 Chase Road
Shavertown, PA 18708
webmaster@jacksonfire.com

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The Jackson Township Volunteer Fire Department of Luzerne County was incorporated in Pennsylvania as a non-profit organization in 1848. Since then, the fire department has been responding to fires and other emergencies in the community.

The original incorporators were:

  • Louis T. Wilcox
  • Edward Kropp
  • Norman Smith
  • James E. Twaddle
  • Harold Bertram
  • Earl Balliet
  • Elmer Laskowski
  • Dennis Bonning Sr.
  • Frank W. Thompson
  • Alden Wagner
  • Paul Gross