In April of 1926, a fire destroyed most of the buildings along South Vine Street and behind Henninger’s garage and Reed’s funeral home along Mulberry Street. Walter Rowe was burning some trash at the rear of his lot, when some hot embers ignited the roof of his pigpen. The fire was finally brought under control with the help of the Elizabethville Fire Company. In May, the Borough Council approved buying some fire equipment. On July 13, 1926, a special election was held to determine if the Borough would issue a bond in the amount of $4,000, to pay for a fire truck. It passed, 33 to 20. The Pillow Fire Co. was formed shortly afterward.

Charles Smeltz, Ed Bingaman, and Earl Gotshall picked up the first fire truck, a 1926 Hahn. It was first housed in Ed Bingaman’s barn. Later it was moved to the band hall, now the Pillow Borough Hall (community center). Eventually, the old bank building was purchased in the late 1940’s and enlarged for the fire equipment. Adam Shiffer was the first truck driver. A $5 bond was accessed to the taxpayers to pay for the truck. Soup and bake sales, in the form of a block party on Market Street in front of the bank, paid for additional expenses. The carnival in Maple Dale Park followed.