1863 – Engine 5 reorganized with the old 1849 “Tiger” #3 hand engine renamed “Ellsworth” and relocated to the 1837 School and Engine House at 71 Spring Street, which was vacated by E-4.    

November 23, 1863 – Ellsworth Hand Engine 5 disbanded, by the Board of Aldermen for repeated violations of Department Regulations and the anticipation of another new steam fire engine being built. 

February 5, 1864 – “Casco” Steam Engine Co. 5 organized and was located at the two-story brick school and engine house at 154 Congress Street, at the head of Smith Street.  A Permanent Engineer, Mr. Lewis, was appointed.  Shortly after, Engine 5 relocated to Ladder 1’s two-story former wooden schoolhouse at 222 Congress Street, between Lime and Pearl streets.

April 28, 1866 – Engine disabled at a fire, condemned, stored in old 154 Congress St. Engine House.

July 4, 1866 - Steam Engine 5 and the Engine House destroyed in a conflagration.  Also destroyed was there present 222 Congress St. Engine House and E-5’s old Franklin Street School House.

Shortly after the fire, construction started on a two-story, brick Engine House on the corner of Congress and Market streets, with rooms fitted up for the Permanent Engineer.

September 14, 1866 – A new Portland Co. 2nd-class steam fire engine went into service to replace the Casco 5 that was lost in the conflagration on July 4th.

February 22, 1867 – New Casco 5 Engine House opened.  Ladder 1 was quartered on the Market Street side.  2nd-floor Rooms were for the Engineer and a Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph system.

1881 – A new Amoskeag steam engine went into service for Engine 5 on November 25th.

1884 – Permanent Driver appointed for Hose 5 on April 2nd.

1889 – Permanent Driver appointed for Steam Engine 5.  The fire alarm equipment was moved to City Hall, and a two-bay addition was added to the Engine House. A Chief Engineer’s Office was located in the 2nd-floor front-corner of the new section.  3 slide poles were installed, a hose tower added, and the Engine House was now called “Central Fire Station.”

1890 – A new Clapp & Jones steam fire engine purchased, named “Wenemovet” E-6 and housed with Engine 5 as a spare engine.  It became Engine 5 in 1893 and the 1881 engine kept there in reserve.

February 5, 1900 – Engine 5 and Chemical 1 became a “Double Company.” with a single Captain.

June 25, 1903 – New horseless Amoskeag extra-1st-size self-propeller steam engine went in service, which required a Driver (Tillerman) to steer, and a Stoker/Brakeman, who rode at the rear.

April 25, 1905 – A heavier C.W. Perkins hose wagon was purchased. Hose 5 now a two-horse hitch.

1911 – Engine 5 and Chemical 1 were reorganized into separate fire companies again. A six-way Morse Gun w/Monitor was purchased and fitted to Engine 5’s hose wagon on September 22nd.

November 10, 1924 – New Central Fire Station opened. Assigned here was Engines 1 and 5, Ladders 1 and 5, and Chemical 1.  Engine 5 commissioned a new American LaFrance 750gpm motor pumper on November 14th.  Fire Department headquarters housed all-motor apparatus.  Shortly after, the old Central was razed and pushed into its own basement.

May 9, 1928 – Engine 5 became a permanent company.

July 12, 1937 – Engine 5 placed a Seagrave 1,250gpm triple combination pumper into service.

October 21, 1955 – A new American LaFrance cab-forward 1,000gpm pumper was assigned to E-5.

February 6, 1963 – Engine 5 received a new Howe 1,000gpm pumper, with a 500-gallon tank.

July 20, 1968 – Engine 5’s first diesel engine went in commission, a Ward LaFrance 1,000gpm pumper.

1974 – Engine 5 received a new American LaFrance 1,000gpm pumper, in service February 15th.

1977 – Rescue 1 was decommissioned.  Central Fire Station now only housed Engine 5 and Ladder 1.

January 18, 1978 – A new Ward LaFrance 1,500gpm pumper w/4-inch hose went into service.

February 23, 1979 – Central Fire Station closed.  Engine 5 and Ladder 1 relocated to Munjoy Hill in the new 1977 two-story firehouse of Engine Co. 1.

November 4, 1987 – Central Fire Station reopened.  Engine 5 and Rescue 1 returned there, assigned as a “double company.”  The Medical Crisis Unit offices and Medcu 3 ambulance also relocated here.

March 10, 1989 – Engine 5 received a new Pierce Arrow 1,500gpm pumper with a 4-door closed cab. 

November 28, 2005 – Rescue 1 relocated to Bramhall Station and became a separate company again.

May 14, 2011 – Engine 5 placed in commission a new Seagrave Marauder II 1,500gpm pumper.

October 29, 2022 – Engine 5 put in service a new Pierce Enforcer 1,500gpm pumper.