Pictured are volunteer firefighters and members with the New England/Walker Township Fire Company of Tamaqua catering an American Cancer Society benefit Sunday (March 30, 2014) at their firehouse.

For more information or to get involved with the fire company, visit them on Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-England-Fire-CO-Walker-Twsp-Tamaqua-PA/380204075386998.
Meetings are held the second Monday of each month at the firehouse (7 Miller Lane in Tamaqua).
Their Facebook page states, “The township has a total area of 22.9 square miles including resedintal and comerical buildings with just under 1,000 people as of the 2000 census.
The company currently operates a 1982 ford/darley pumper/tanker,(32-10), a 2003 Frightliner/KME tanker with a 3,000 gal. tank and 2,000 gpm pump(32-30), and a 1993 ford F350 bursh truck built in house in 2012 by members of the company (32-42).”