Rooms were provided for both companies in the new village hall which was occupied in 1921.  Though there was an intense rivalry between the two companies which would last for many years to come, they eventually, after many discussions, agreed to occupy separate rooms in the new community building.
     In 1922, a motorized International Harvester Model H Ladder Truck was purchased for the Hook and Ladder Company.  Also in 1922 the Gamewell fire box alarm system was installed in the new Village Hall replacing the alarm bell at the South Work Street hall.
     In August 1922 Falconer hosted the first of four Southwestern Association of Volunteer Firemen Conventions held in the village.  The others were held in 1929, 1949, and 1989.
     Department records become scarce at about this time.  The rest of the history is done as well as possible considering time constraints and a lack of information
     In June of 1936 the village purchased a 1936 Mack 500 gallon per minute Pumper from Mack of Eire, Pennsylvania.  The new Pumper cost $7,590.00 and would see 35 years of active service until it's retirement in 1971.  It's first call was to a barn fire on the L.A. Stout farm on Gerry Levant Road.  
     The "Old Mack" as it is now known brings back many memories to those who responded with it.  Probably the most well known exploit happened during the Royal Electric fire in December 1960 which burned down almost one quarter of Falconer's business district.  The Mack was the first truck on the scene, and set up under the light in the middle of the village and began pumping water into the flames.  The Mack kept pumping all day and night, refueled by hand using five gallon cans. Pumping when the trucks around it were freezing up, the Mack ended up pumping over twenty hours non-stop.  The next morning, exhausted firemen had to chop the thick ice formed around the truck's tires.  It had frozen solid to the ground on which it stood.
     The Mack was sold in the early 1970's to a collector from Wheatfield, New York. In 1987 the Falconer Volunteer Firemen's Association bought the truck back from the collector.  The Association raised money which was used to restore the vehicle to it's original condition.  Restoration included: rebuilding the engine, upholstering seats and repainting and lettering the whole truck.  Used now as a parade and display vehicle, the "Old Mack" is back where it started, though it now serves in a less strenuous capacity.

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**The History of the Falconer Fire Department was taken directly from "History of the Volunteer Fire Department of Falconer, New York.  Commemoration the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Falconer Fire Department 1893 - 1993."