The Companies chose silver colored badges with a dark green uniform. The pants were also colored dark green but with a black stripe down both pant legs. Each member also received a cap.
    In 1921 W. Franklin Moore was elected Chief, Charles Wheeler Assistant Chief, W.B. Strong Secretary, and Charles E. Sager as Treasurer. By 1922, it was decided that the old Chemical hand-drawn engine was to be mounted on a motor car. In 1923 the chemical was mounted on the back of a Ford Model-T truck.
con         In the fall of 1931 at the corner of Main and Union St. a cigarette was thrown, carelessly, on the floor of a barn behind the Roe Store. Just after 11:00 PM the village chemical engine responded but was powerless to stop the fire. It quickly spread to the Leon Cady home and then to the back of the Roe store, which eventually burned to the ground. It was only the timely arrival of the pumper trucks from Ithaca and Cortland that saved the A.C. Stone house from burning also.
    After the fire of 1931 Freeville contributed to the purchase of a big pumper truck for the Town of Dryden. In return it helped to provide fire protection in our village.
    In 1940, the Ford Model-T chemical truck had turned obsolete after 18 years. The Ford truck was torn down and rebuilt with a new motor and new equipment by the firemen. Later on the village voted to purchase a new big truck with pumping equipment and ladders. The chemical apparatus was then mounted on the longest wheelbase Ford truck of its time. It was done under the close supervision of Victor Moore, with Moore doing most of the work. In 1946, the village voted to buy the 6,000 dollar high pressure apparatus with its 2-400 gallon tanks. 1952 rolled around and the village and company jointly bought the 800 gallon truck equipment.
    In the Spring of 1942 at the height of WWII, a common fear of the time was that of an air raid. The old fire bell above the hall was replaced by a siren. Later additional sirens were added at both ends of the village.
    By 1956 a ladies auxiliary had been formed and was very active in fighting fires and in county affairs.
<--- Pictured: W.B. Strong in front, W. F. Moore at the wheel, Perry Hanshaw in the back left, and Donald L. Moore back right.

  Mr. Strong served as mayor for several years and sold his home to the school district, after which he moved to the southeast corner of Main and Union St. There he remained till his death at Ithaca Hospital on October 2, 1956. He died without ever serving as Chief of the Company which bears his name.    
    Through the years, a great respect was gained from other departments as far away as Syracuse for the men and women of Freeville. This was because they built, maintained, and took great pride in their fire apparatus.