In February 1907 a fire destroyed the store and dwelling of George Apple in the Borough of Attleboro, later to become Penndel. This incident caused the citizens of the town to become aware of the necessity for fire protection. The nearest fire protection would be coming from Langhorne and Hulmeville. Nearly a year passed before real action took place. In February 1908 ten concerned citizens formed a committee and went to the borough council to ask for assistance in having water mains and fire hydrants placed in the Borough. The borough council was most cooperative in assisting with securing funds needed to begin the process. In March of 1908 more citizens wanted to be involved and they all agreed that a fire company was needed so a finance and equipment committee were appointed. In 1909 work started on installing water mains and fire hydrants. Water was introduced into the water mains June 1910.

By this time, the various committees had been hard at work raising money to start up the fire company and in the mean time the Borough of Attleboro changed it’s name to The Borough of Eden. A certificate of incorporation was granted by the Bucks County Court on the 15th of May 1911 and the Eden Fire Company #1 was established. Working only with five hundred feet of two and a half inch hose, a horse drawn hose carriage purchased from Bristol Fire Company #3 and a steel locomotive wheel to alert the firefighters. Mr. Thomas Wessaw was elected the first president of the fire company.

The Fire Company, not having money to erect a building, had no place to keep the equipment. Mr. Fredrick Lentz gave permission to use his carriage house on the corner of Woodland Avenue and Centre Street. The Company later raised money to erect a metal garage on ground donated by the Langhorne Wallpaper Company.