Within the next year, the new company obtained both a temporary fire house, a barn and a fire engine. The barn and a 3/4 acre plot of land was bought for $1,375. The engine, a 1923 American Lafrance pumper, was purchased from the Coatesville West End Fire Company. For the next fire years this pumper, with no cab, a chain drive, and two-wheel brakes, would be the sole apparatus in Cochranville. To build a new fire house and obtain needed equipment, the fire company began a tradition
in the summer of 1946 by holding the first Cochranville Fire Company Carnival. Ever since then, the carnival has been held during the last weekend of July and the first weekend of August. In late 1949 the barn was dismantled and construction of a new firehouse was begun on the site. The first company meeting in the new building was held on February 9, 1950. In a little more than five years, the company was able to pay off the mortgage.
