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USA FIRE JOURNAL: WASHINGTON, D.C. - 1922
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Fire and Rescue Service History. Wednesday, September 28, 2016. WASHINGTON, D.C. - 1922. The following tale is based on a speech by former President Gerald Ford on being Vice President of the United States. In 1922, a general alarm fire broke out in the ballroom atop the Willard Hotel in downtown Washington, and firefighters evacuated the guests - including then Vice President Calvin Coolidge. As the time passed, Coolidge grew tired of waiting in the street and decided to return to his hotel room. My sev...
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USA FIRE JOURNAL: CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA
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Fire and Rescue Service History. Wednesday, October 5, 2016. CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA. Fire station sculpture at Coral Gables, Florida. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to USA FIRE JOURNAL. Successor to NATIONAL FIRE JOURNAL. BOX 157 Fire Buff Club. Arlington Fire Journal (Virginia). Denver Fire Journal (Colorado). Glasgow Fire Journal (Scotland). London Fire Journal (England). Paterson Fire Journal (NJ). Springfield Fire Journal (Ohio). FORT LAUDERDALE - 1969. CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA.
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USA FIRE JOURNAL: November 2016
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Fire and Rescue Service History. Tuesday, November 15, 2016. FEEDING DETROIT - 1931. In 1931, members of the Detroit Fire Department served soup to the needy during the Great Depression from fire stations across the city, starting with Engine Co. 1. On March 7, 1907, Dr. Archer was appointed to the Department with the rank of honorary Battalion Chief and was designated a Medical Officer. Though never receiving compensation for his medical services to the FDNY, there is no doubt that this was his ...Wheth...
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USA FIRE JOURNAL: FEEDING DETROIT - 1931
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Fire and Rescue Service History. Tuesday, November 15, 2016. FEEDING DETROIT - 1931. In 1931, members of the Detroit Fire Department served soup to the needy during the Great Depression from fire stations across the city, starting with Engine Co. 1. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome to USA FIRE JOURNAL. Successor to NATIONAL FIRE JOURNAL. BOX 157 Fire Buff Club. Arlington Fire Journal (Virginia). Denver Fire Journal (Colorado). Glasgow Fire Journal (Scotland). London Fire Journal (England).
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USA FIRE JOURNAL: DOCTOR ARCHER
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Fire and Rescue Service History. Tuesday, November 15, 2016. Dr Harry Archer was born to a prominent New York family. He attended Columbia University and received an M.D. degree from Bellevue Medical College in 1894. Since his childhood he loved the FDNY, not unlike many youngsters in the City. But after becoming a physician, Dr. Archer dedicated himself to New York's Bravest. Whether by horse, bicycle, his Locomobile outfitted with bell and Maltese cross, or by "bus" - the 1914 FDNY Ambulance he designe...
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USA FIRE JOURNAL: FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
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Fire and Rescue Service History. Wednesday, October 12, 2016. Fire Prevention week falls in October, marking the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of. Oct 9, 1871. Proclaimed the first National Fire Prevention Week on Oct. 4–10, 1925, noting. Fires claimed 15,000 lives across the U.S. the prior year. This waste results from the conditions which justify a sense of shame and horror; for the greater part of it could and ought to be prevented," Coolidge said. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My seven ...
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USA FIRE JOURNAL: September 2016
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Fire and Rescue Service History. Wednesday, September 28, 2016. WASHINGTON, D.C. - 1922. The following tale is based on a speech by former President Gerald Ford on being Vice President of the United States. In 1922, a general alarm fire broke out in the ballroom atop the Willard Hotel in downtown Washington, and firefighters evacuated the guests - including then Vice President Calvin Coolidge. As the time passed, Coolidge grew tired of waiting in the street and decided to return to his hotel room. 6 FIRE...
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USA FIRE JOURNAL: FORT LAUDERDALE - 1969
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Fire and Rescue Service History. Thursday, October 6, 2016. FORT LAUDERDALE - 1969. On Jan. 13, 1969, fire broke out at the Everglades Fertilizer Plant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and burned for three days, fueled by tons of toxic chemicals. Yellow smoke billowed from the site and drifted over the city. Of the the 100 firefighters at the blaze, more than a quarter were diagnosed with cancer. In the years that followed, many succumbed to the disease. Firefighters were equipped - if at all - with. My seve...
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USA FIRE JOURNAL: December 2016
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Fire and Rescue Service History. Thursday, December 8, 2016. On June 9, 1946, fire broke out in the Canfield Hotel in Dubuque, Iowa, killing 19 people and destroying the original four-story building built in 1891; a six-story brick section added 35 years later survived. The fire broke out in a closet near the cocktail lounge on the ground floor. Hotels of that era were plagued by a lack of capital improvement owing to the Great Depression and shortages of building material during World War Two. It was th...
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USA FIRE JOURNAL: DUBUQUE - 1946
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Fire and Rescue Service History. Thursday, December 8, 2016. On June 9, 1946, fire broke out in the Canfield Hotel in Dubuque, Iowa, killing 19 people and destroying the original four-story building built in 1891; a six-story brick section added 35 years later survived. The fire broke out in a closet near the cocktail lounge on the ground floor. Hotels of that era were plagued by a lack of capital improvement owing to the Great Depression and shortages of building material during World War Two. It was th...