The first American fire station with electricity.

Brockton is a city in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.

In 1884, ground was broken for a new fire house on Pleasant Street in the center section of the city. The new fire house was lighted with electricity and in the event of an alarm at night, every electric lamp was automatically lit.

This new and modern fire station, wired under the direction of Thomas A. Edison himself, was the first electrically lit fire station in America. When the citizens of the Campello section saw the new firehouse on Pleasant Street they wanted a similar one right away.

In 1885, the fire department included five permanent men and in 1886, under the command of Fire Chief Charles Eaton it was increased to seven permanent men. In 1887, the force included eight permanent men and one hundred and twenty three members in the call force.