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POLAND FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT HISTORY
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POLAND FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT HISTORY
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The Town of Poland, Maine is located in Androscoggin County, settled in 1768 and incorporated on February 17, 1795 from Bakerstown Plantation. Moses Emery one of the area's earliest settlers and representative to the general court, procured the incorporation in 1795 and for that was given the privilege of naming the town. He had always had a peculiarity for an ancient melody called "Poland," found in most of the collections of ancient psalmody. The melody must have been running through his mind the day he
considered names for the town, for it was Poland he chose. It is home to the famous Poland Spring House. As early as 1796 the Mansion House was opened as a hotel. When the grandson of the owner claimed it had cured him of a chronic dyspepsia, and the guests began praising the water, the local spring became a major attraction, as did its contents. The Poland Spring House was destroyed by fire on July 4, 1975. On this site now is the Poland Spring Inn & Resorts a popular vacation spot from May to October. The Poland Spring Water bottling plant is also located in close vicinity to the Resort.
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The Fire and Rescue departments combined into a single department under Willie Rice Jr. as town’s full time Fire Rescue chief in 2004. |
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We moved into our current Fire Rescue building in 1989
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