Monitor Hose Company organized on July 7, 1891, and was originally located on Water St. and Central Ave. near the Monitor Iron Works, from which the company took its name. Members of the company were nicknamed "Monty’s dock rats."

The company’s first apparatus was a hand-drawn jumper carriage with hose, which had to be pulled by hand up the hill to fight fires in the Village. A frequent solution was to hook the carriage to Ossining Steamer at the top of the hill. Another option was to hitch the carriage to the trolley for a ride from Westerly Rd. to the Campwoods Grounds. The company moved to its present home on Central Ave. in 1950.