1889-1895 High school lot (rear), head of Pleasant Street, Deering Center

1895-1899 Clark (#189 West Concord) Street, corner Stevens Plains Avenue

1889-1895 Hose 2, Deering Fire Department 

1895-1899 Hose Co. 2, Deering Fire Department 

1899 Hose Co. 13, Portland Fire Department

April 12, 1889 – Town approved purchasing a $43 two-wheel hose reel cart from H.K. Barnes, carrying 250 feet of hose.  A small hose house was built at the rear of the high school on Stevens Plains Avenue at the head of Pleasant Street, at Deering Center

September of 1895 – Hose Co. 2 organized with 12-Men.  A one ½-story hose house and Ward #3 Room was built on Clark Street (#189 West Concord), at the corner of Stevens Plains Avenue, next to the high school.  Hose 2 moved in on November 28th.  The smaller hose house behind the high school was moved around from Pleasant Street to the rear of the new House on November 26, 1896.

February, 1897 – Hose Co. 2 received a new one-horse, four-wheel hose wagon, built by Locke & York of Portland for $285.  It carried 500 feet of hose.  Shortly after, it was increased to 1,000 feet.

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February 6, 1899 – The City of Deering annexed to the City of Portland.  March 21st – Deering Fire Department’s Hose Co. 2 was renumbered as Hose Co. 13 of the Portland Fire Department.

June 8, 1899 – Hose Companies 10, 13, and 14 were disbanded, by City Council order, as part of a Deering section (Fire District 2) re-organization by the Board of Engineers and the Fire Committee. 

Alarms answered from March 1st. to June 8th. 1899:

• 4/11/1899 - Still alarm, 20 Clark Street - small inside fire.

• 5/02/1899 - Box 137, Riverside Street - building fire.

• 5/05/1899 - Box 921, Forest and Stevens Avenues - barn fire