Darby Fire Co. No. 1
Organized in 1775, Darby Fire Co. No. 1 holds the distinction of being the oldest fire company in Delaware County, the second oldest in the entire Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the fifth oldest in the United States. Serving the Borough of Darby with Fire & EMS protection, forty volunteers operating out of a single firehouse run two engines and a volunteer staffed BLS ambulance (one of the few remaining in the county). In conjunction with a career staffed medic unit, they respond to an average of 450 alarms annually including a considerable amount of working fires based on their border with the Southwest portion of the City of Philadelphia.