History & local legend
Francis 'Sam' Fullerton was Londonderry Fire Company No. 1's chief driver. In July 1974, he was traveling toward the station while the company's Mack engine headed to a reported mobile-home fire. The vehicles collided, killing Fullerton. The following month, members voted to dedicate a new tanker to him.
The firehouse's later ghost story places Sam at the glass-windowed doors between the lounge and truck bay, where his face was reportedly seen. Other accounts describe helmets falling from a wall while a firefighter slept on the couch and a door handle moving when someone was alone. Members connected these incidents with their former colleague.
