1959 Houston, Texas, Fire Department
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1959 Houston, Texas, Fire Department Old and New Fire Stations
headed by Chief C. M. Bullock
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1959 Cape Canaveral, Florida, Fire Department
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1959 Cape Canaveral, Florida, Fire Department
Chief Norris C. Gray
Deputy Chief Fred Van Lengen
Air Force Missile Test Center (ARDC).
Pan American's new fire station at
Cape Canaveral is one of the largest on any
military reservation in the United States
The Juno II space vehicle is shown just prior to explosion
following its launching at Cape Canaveral on July 16, 1959.
Air Force Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile.
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1958 Rochester Fire Bureau Department New York Louis E. Vogt
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1958 Rochester Fire Bureau Department New York Louis E. Vogt
Deputy Chief of Apparatus Louis E. Vogt
Safety Director Kenneth C. Townson and Fire Chief Walter Adams
11 Peter Pirsch aluminum aerial ladders in service
Commissioner Townson Rochester Fire Academy and Shops
The Executive Board of the Department under the direction of Chief Walter Adams
Executive Deputy Chief John F. Hurley, and Chief of Training MacMillan
Rochester Municipal Research Bureau
Chief Vogt was the youngest volunteer fire chief in New York State
Monroe County suburban fire department at West Webster, New York
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CRASH FIRE 1958 New Haven Fire Department, Connecticut, after fire fighters extinguished fire in a Convair that "bellied in" and ruptured a fuel tank in left wing
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1958 FARMINGDALE FIRE DEPARTMENT New York Fire DepartmentOriginal Vintage 2 page Magazine Article.
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Key names :
Arthur Kempf, Publicity Chairman
throughout Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York State
The department has two fire companies, a rescue squad and a fire-police squad, all under the direction of Chief Heinz Riedrich and Deputy Chiefs Kenneth Scherer and Edmund Keck
Silver Anniversary, but actually its two companies, Hook, Ladder & Hose Company No. 1 and Water Witch Engine & Hose Co. No. 1, have been active since 1886 and 1889 respectively
Present apparatus of the Farmingdale Fire Department eludes — First row: 3 Mack 750 gpm pumpers, Ford utility truck, 65-ft. Seagrave aerial ladder, Cadillac ambulance. Rear row: Diamond T rescue truck, John Bean high pressure fog truck, Diamond T floodlight unit.
Fire-Police Squad were sworn in as peace officers
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1959 St. Paul Boulevard Fire District Irondequoit New York
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Thomas J. Morton of Rochester, New York
Chief John Oldenburg
FM radio system to summon its volunteer members. Featuring Motorola "Select Call"
One hundred active volunteers are on call to the three fire companies that
operate from the District's two stations.
KEG 972
The first time the District had to use the new system
was for an ambulance call late one September night.
Harold Perry was on duty and took the call.
The call came in at 1:20 A.M., Perry
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1959 Plant of the Globe Manufacturing Company in Pittsfield, New Hampshire
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Making FIREMAN'S SUIT.
Vice President and Treasurer Courtland Freese
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Chief Howard G. Reynolds of the Eagleville Fire Department Connecticut
Mansfield Connecticut
Willimantic Central Dispatch Switchboard
South Windham, Columbia and South Coventry fire departments.
South Windham responded
Tolland County Control Center also
Mansfield Volunteer Fire Company was under the
direction of Assistant Chief Donald Clark
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Mansfield Connecticut
Willimantic Central Dispatch Switchboard
South Windham, Columbia and South Coventry fire departments.
South Windham responded
Tolland County Control Center also
Mansfield Volunteer Fire Company was under the
direction of Assistant Chief Donald Clark
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Barnstable County Fire Training Center
Fire departments on Cape Cod, Massachusetts have useful new training facilities.
Chief Leighton F. Peck of Falmouth has been placed in charge of the over-all training
program by the Cape Fire Chiefs' Association.
The nearby Otis Air Force Base donated.
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Fire departments on Cape Cod, Massachusetts have useful new training facilities.
Chief Leighton F. Peck of Falmouth has been placed in charge of the over-all training
program by the Cape Fire Chiefs' Association.
The nearby Otis Air Force Base donated.
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Rochester Fire Bureau Department New York
General Kenneth C. Townson, Rochester's Commissioner of Safety
Chief George L. Holzschuh, who is assisted by Deputy Fire Chief Executive John F. Hurley.
The Fire Bureau is manned by a total of 633 officers and men and includes 20 pumper companies, 11 truck companies, and
the "Protectives," a volunteer company that does salvage work
Allen Street station.
County Coordinator Ambrose E. Foos.
Monroe County Fire Advisory Board
by Captain Edward J. Klein,
Captain Eugene C. Dill
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General Kenneth C. Townson, Rochester's Commissioner of Safety
Chief George L. Holzschuh, who is assisted by Deputy Fire Chief Executive John F. Hurley.
The Fire Bureau is manned by a total of 633 officers and men and includes 20 pumper companies, 11 truck companies, and
the "Protectives," a volunteer company that does salvage work
Allen Street station.
County Coordinator Ambrose E. Foos.
Monroe County Fire Advisory Board
by Captain Edward J. Klein,
Captain Eugene C. Dill
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Fairless Hills Volunteer Fire Company Pennsylvania
William Sweeney, president,
Falls Township
Т. Seddon Duke, Chairman, NFPA Board
of Directors, was featured speaker at the
dedication of this beautiful and practical
new fire station and community center in Fairless Hills.
Danherst Corporation, building contractors in Fairless Hills, donated
Curtis Lake for 72 hours
Ranieri Construction Company.
U. S. Steel Corporation
firm of Diehl & Stein
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William Sweeney, president,
Falls Township
Т. Seddon Duke, Chairman, NFPA Board
of Directors, was featured speaker at the
dedication of this beautiful and practical
new fire station and community center in Fairless Hills.
Danherst Corporation, building contractors in Fairless Hills, donated
Curtis Lake for 72 hours
Ranieri Construction Company.
U. S. Steel Corporation
firm of Diehl & Stein
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famous cowboys, cowgirls, horses and cattle arrived in the small Chautauqua County farming town of Gerry, north of Jamestown, New York. They came for the annual rodeo sponsored by the Gerry Volunteer Fire Department — one of the few fire departments in the United States which operates and maintains its own rodeo city. Gerry is approximately 60 miles southwest of Buffalo.
Howard Samuelson, president of the Gerry Volunteer Fire Department,Jack Cox
backing of Ray Keller, formerly of Fredonia, N. Y
visit from Falconer Firemen
friend in Frank Hyde, Sports Editor of the nearby Jamestown Post-Journal
Currently, Richard Bedient is Chief, while Earl LaDow is 1st Assistant Chief.
Victor Shepardson and Howard Johnson are 2nd and 3rd Assistant Chiefs.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT NICHOLS HILLS Oklahoma City suburb
Chief E. D. Kirkpatrick
Nichols Hills Fire Department
suburb of Oklahoma City
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Chief E. D. Kirkpatrick
Nichols Hills Fire Department
suburb of Oklahoma City
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Deadwood, South Dakota, Fire Department Black Hills
Assistant Chief A. A. Coburn
Black Hills
Other sources reported that mutual aid was
received from the fire departments of Lead, Sturgis, Spearfish,
Rapid City, Balforge and the Ellsworth Air Force Base.
The Deadwood Fire Department consists of four paid men,
twenty volunteers, Chief, H. J. Ragatz and
Assistant Chiefs Elmer Pontious and A. A. Coburn
Rapid City radio dispatcher
The Forest Service
Lead and Spearfish fire departments
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Assistant Chief A. A. Coburn
Black Hills
Other sources reported that mutual aid was
received from the fire departments of Lead, Sturgis, Spearfish,
Rapid City, Balforge and the Ellsworth Air Force Base.
The Deadwood Fire Department consists of four paid men,
twenty volunteers, Chief, H. J. Ragatz and
Assistant Chiefs Elmer Pontious and A. A. Coburn
Rapid City radio dispatcher
The Forest Service
Lead and Spearfish fire departments
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Commanded by Chief Bert E. Line
fire involved Topeka's First Christian Church.
The first alarm came in at 7:44 A.M.Temperature at that time was......
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Training at West Allis Fire Department
Chief Henry C. Nelson, Captain John B. Morch
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Chief Glen J. Davis
Royal A. Taylor, president of the Fire Fighters Local 583 IAFF
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1959 Los Angeles City Fire Department California Rescue Ambulance
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Captain Walter Babecky
Rescue-ambulance stationed in North Hollywood
Hollywood fire station. Subsequently, rescue units were.
added in the harbor area, West Los Angeles, Van Nuys,
the hub of the San Fernando Valley, and southwest Los Angeles.
The department placed resuscitators on truck companies in the
Tujunga, Venice and Wilmington
The Public Relations Section directed by Battalion Chief Thad Whippo
Deputy Chief Marvin A. Meador
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San Diego Fire Department California in 1958Original Vintage 2 page Magazine Article.
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National Standard Thread
San Diego Fire Department California in 1958
Fire Fighter Jack Garrison. Chief George E. Courser and at right is Battalion Robert Chief Ely, all of San Diego Fire Department
Captain George Hume Captain W. E. Eiter ,R Covich.
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1959 Alaska ANCHORAGE Ketchikan Fire Department
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1959 Alaska ANCHORAGE Ketchikan Fire Department
attributed to Anchorage's capabla City Manager, George C. Shannon
Station No. 2 is located in what is known as the Government Hill Section,
adjacent to Elmendorf Air Force Base. This station house
The department's other station is located in City View
Ketchikan was awarded the 1957 "All America City" award by
the National Municipal League and Look magazine. Fire Chief Ralph M. Bartholomew last year
NFPA Members in Alaska
ANCHORAGE: Alaska Fire Equipment, Inc.; Anchorage Volunteer Fire Department; Chugiak Volunteer Fire Company; Robert F. Crouse, Fire Department; Harold E. Eames, Fire Protection and Aircraft Rescue Headquarters, Alaskan Air Command; Chief Walter Mickens, Fire Prevention Branch, Elmendorf Air Force Base; Robert C. Olsen, Federal Electric Corporation, White Alice Division; Charles H. Stowell, International Airports, Department of Commerce; United States Civil Aeronautics Administration, Special Services Section; United States District Engineer, Alaska District, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army.
CHUGIAK: Hosekinkers Rescue and Protection Squad.
COLLEGE: University of Alaska Library.
FAIRBANKS: Fairbanks Fire Department; Northern Insurance Agency, Inc.; R. C. Pittman, Fairbanks International Airport.
JUNEAU: Juneau Volunteer Fire Department; Fire Marshal Hilton E. Dearinger, Department of Territorial Police. ° KETCHIKAN: Assistant Chief Ralph M. Bartholomew,
^.Volunteer Fire Department; Ketchikan Volunteer
KODIAK:*'City olíoaiák.
MOOSE PASS: Chief Glenn R. Miller, Fire Department.
??. EDGECUMBE: United States Public Health Service,
Alaska Native Health Service. SEWARD: Seward Volunteer Fire Department. SITKA: Sheldon Jackson Junior College. SPENABD: The Association of Alaskan Fire Fighters;
Spenard Volunteer Fire Department.
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1959 Fire Department of Yuma, Arizona,
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headed by Chief Bernard Raebel
architectural firm of Edward L. Verney & Associates of Phoenix
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1960s Bureau of Fire (Department) in Portland Oregon 121L-OR
Chief Harold E. Simpson,
Bureau of Fire, Portland, Oregon
Fire Chief Edward Grenfell (now retired)
Commissioner S. W. Earl
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