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The Hope Fire Engine and Hose Company 1 in Manheim PA serves Penn Township and surrounding areas. 

On January 9, 1812, the Manheim Fire Department was organized and Articles of Association were formulated. Thus, the first fire company was organized 26 years before Manheim was incorporated as a Borough on April 16, 1838. At this meeting, a small hand engine was purchased from the Union Fire Company of Lancaster, Pa., which in turn had been imported from England in 1754. The inscription\"January 9, 1812, Manheim, Pa., Hope No. 1\" was placed on this new piece of fire fighting equipment. This piece had been on loan for over fifty years to the Hershey Museum in Hershey, PA., until 1997, when it was returned to Manheim. It is now on display in the firehouse in our museum. This engine was equipped with leather hose in 1812.