Warren Fire Dept 1923 Left to Right Paul Dougal, Red Sorter, Bert Rammler, Red Hansing, Schweitzer
Dutch Schultz
Warren Fire Dept c 1957
Center Line
Fire Dept c 1935 See story of Engine
#1
There was no fire department or police department for nearly all of the history of our area. Only since the forming of a village was there any fire protection and that was next to useless until water mains with fire hydrants were activated. Until that time if the oil lamps or candles used for lighting caught the house or barn on fire all one could do was get out and try to save a few valuables. Everything you had would be destroyed. And there was no insurance. There were no phones to call for help.
There was no law and
order for thousands of years. It was
rule by brute force. Anyone could do
whatever they wanted to others including attacking them, killing them,
or cutting
off parts of their body (such as cutting off the scalp to sell it and
leaving
them to die of the pain and infection).
There was no punishment for these crimes. Your
property could be stolen or burned and
you had no recourse. Only after 1818 was
there some semblance of law and order but there was only one part time
sheriff
for the entire county for many years. Villages
were formed partly to provide law and order for citizens.
The villages usually appointed a part time
constable but still there were no phones to call for help when needed.
In this historian’s opinion
the lack of law and order may happen again and is already happening in many
parts of the world.
Historian Wesley Arnold is working on recording known history from Warren and Center Line Oldtimers and hopefully you will see more here soon.
At first there was just brute force no law. Tribal warfare and personal conflicts. Then the military decided matters. First the French then the Bloody British military and their bloody raiding parties. Then American raiders. deputies under the Territoral Governor. then Justices of the peace operated out of their homes under Macomb County and later Township laws. When both cities were formed they started Police Departments. See History of Warren and History of Center Line for details. Rumors are that the new FEMA police may be taking over in the future but this is uncertain. The plans have leaked out, The Presidental orders are in place (I have seen them) and the forces are now being trained. This is not idle chat. Unfortunatley the rest is classified and I dare not post it here. At what point this may happen rests upon The President of The United States. Most of you don't even know about the 800 new FEMA concentration camps across the country and in Michigan.
I believe a house was actually used as first Warren "station". Wes Arnold checking with oldtimers
More coming soon.
Center Line
Fire Dept
Center Line Police Dept