Hose Company No. 3

Hose Company No. 3, serving as an early fire station in Albuquerque and part of the expansion of the Albuquerque Fire Department, served the public throughout the late nineteenth and late twentieth centuries. Housing horse-drawn fire apparatus in Albuquerque, the company symbolized further development in establishing more organized and professional fire services throughout the city while playing an instrumental role in improving and modernizing fire-fighting services to better handle increased fire hazards and a rising population.