January 6, 1868 – City of Roxbury was annexed to Boston. Steam Engine Co. 3 of the Roxbury Fire Department (company organized in 1865) became Engine Company 13 of the Boston Fire Department and was located at 201 Cabot Street , at Whittier Street, Roxbury. The company continued to use the 1865 steam engine, built by Cambell, Whittier & Co., Serial # 3.
June 2, 1868 – Company was named Tremont Engine 13.
April 10, 1870 – Company received a new 1870 steam engine built by Jucket & Freeman (no serial #).
1873 – Company names discontinued, reverted back to numbered company only (Engine 13).
May 23, 1874 – Company reorganized as a Part-permanent company.
September 3, 1884 – Company changed from a Call company to a Permanent company.
May 15, 1894 – The Jucket & Freeman steam pumper was destroyed at the ‘Roxbury Conflagration’, which covered an area of 12 acres of land, consuming over 200 buildings, leaving over 1900 persons homeless, and destroying the firehouse of Hose 7 and Ladder 12 at 1046 Tremont Street. The fire started in the grandstand of the Walpole Street Ballgrounds during a professional baseball game.
June, 1895 – Company received an 1890 Clapp & Jones Second Size steam engine, Serial # 532, ex-Engine 7.
January 23, 1899 – Hoseman Martin P. McDonald, Engine 13, died in the Line-Of-Duty at Box 218.
April 12, 1916 – Captain Thomas E. Conroy, Engine Company 13, was profiled in a Boston Globe article. Newspaper story
August 1, 1922 – Company received a new 1922 American LaFrance, Type 75, 750gpm motor pumper, Serial # 3915, Shop # 151 , and a new 1922 American LaFrance motor Combination Hose & Chemical wagon, Serial # 3911, Shop # 341 , replacing the horse-drawn apparatus.
September 16, 1930 – Hoseman George J. Corcoran, Engine Company 13, died in the Line-Of-Duty at Box 2232, 2 Alarms, at 100 Ruggles Street, Roxbury.
October 29, 1931 – Company received a new 1931 American LaFrance, Type 212, Hose & Booster wagon, Serial # 7375, Shop # 387.
April 21, 1938 – Company moved to the quarters of Ladder 12 at 1046 Tremont Street, Roxbury. The old firehouse at 201 Cabot Street was closed.
November 18, 1947 – Company received a new 1947 Mack, Type 85, Hose & Booster wagon, Serial # 85LS1157, Shop # 335. The old hose wagon, Shop # 387, was sent to Engine 43.
November 25, 1947 – Company received a new Mack, Type 19, 1000gpm pumper, Serial # 19LS-1065, Shop # 151.
1955 – The 1947 Mack hose wagon, Shop #335, was removed from service, for conversion to an Engine-Squad configuration.
1955 – Company received a 1948 Ward LaFrance, Model 85H, Hose & Booster wagon, Serial # 2332, Shop # 309, ex-Engine 9.
November 5, 1957 – Company changed from Double-unit to Single-unit operation.
1958 – Fire Fighter Richard W. Lynch, Engine Company 13, was awarded the Walter Scott Medal of Valor for 1958, for rescuing two children from an apartment fire at 542 Shawmut Avenue, South End, Box 2217, on July 28, 1958. Citation for Fire Fighter Lynch
June 11, 1960 – The company moved to the quarters of Ladder 23 at 36 Washington Street, Dorchester, and was changed from Single-unit to Double-unit operation. The old firehouse at 1046 Tremont Street was closed.
July 10, 1962 – Company received a new 1962 Ward LaFrance, Model 1150T, 1250gpm pumper, Serial # 62-4783, Shop # 105.
1963 – Fire Fighter William T. Hegarty, Engine Company 13, was awarded the Roll Of Merit for his actions at 225 Dudley Street, Roxbury, Box 2132, on February 7, 1963. Citation
February 23, 1967 – Fire Fighter Joseph J. Gaffney, Engine Company 13, rescued a fellow firefighter from an fire at 30-32 Dennis Street, Dorchester, Box 175, 2 alarms. Fire Fighter Gaffney was awarded the John E. Fitzgerald Medal for the Most Meritorious Act of 1967.
Citation for Fire Fighter Gaffney
July 12, 1967 – COMPANY REDESIGNATED. Engine Company 13 was designated the Rescue-Pumper Unit.