Boston Fire Department
Boston Fire Commissioner Roderick J. Fraser, Jr.
Boston Fire Chief of Department Ronald W. Keating
Boston Fire Chief of Department (retired) Kevin P. MacCurtain
Boston Public Library
“History of the Boston Fire Department“, by Arthur W. Brayley (1889)
“History of the Boston Fire Department“, by William Werner
“History of the Boston Fire Department“, by C. Elmer Gane
Tufts University Digital Library
Elliot Belin
West Roxbury Historical Society
Boston University Libraries
Boston City Directory of 1870, Sampson-Davenport Co.
Boston City Directory of 1872, Sampson-Davenport Co.
“Memorial History of Boston,” by Justin Winsor (1881)
Town of Charlestown, Massachusetts, Official Records
Boston Sparks Association
Boston Fire Museum
Chief Frank W. Fitzgerald, Jr., Malden Fire Department (retired)
Boston District Fire Chief (retired) John Vahey
“History of the Mass. Charitable Fire Society,” Henry Sprague, editor (1983)
“Antique Views of Boston,” by James Henry Stark
“Ready to Roll…Ready to Die,” by Paul F. Cook, BFD (retired)
Brighton Allston Historical Society
“Firefighting Reflections,” by Leo D. Stapleton, BFD Commissioner (ret.) (2007)
Boston’s Firemen’s Relief Fund
Dick Leonhardt
Zippy Suzy @ Flickr.com
Tom E. Watson
Zoe Whittaker
Patrick A. Timlin
Library of Congress
Readex-Early American Imprints, Archive of Americana
“History of Norfolk County, Mass. 1622-1918,” Louis A. Cook, editor (1918)
Prices4Antiques.com
“Boston of Fire,” by Stephanie Schorow (2003)
James Daly, Sr.
James Daly, Jr.
Diane L. Jones, Fryeburg (ME) Historical Society
Lt. David Kincus (retired), Holbrook Fire Department
Bruce Cook
Portland (ME) Veteran Firemen’s Association/Portland Fire Museum
James Crowder
Mike Novak
Robert Williams
RJACBclan @ Flickr.com
Dick Adelman
Frank J. Boyd
In Memory of George A. Thayer, Danielson Fire Dept., Danielson, CT.
The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library
WardMaps.com – Old Maps of Boston
Boston Fire Commissioner (retired) Paul Christian
Boston Fire Lieutenant (retired) James Teed
The Bostonian Society
“Damrell’s Fire,” by Docema
Stephanie Schorow
Boston Firefighter (retired) William Noonan
Tufts University Digital Collections and Archives
kellscraft.com — GreatFireOfBoston
Theodore Gerber
William Murray
Group One, Inc.
Paul Bonanno
Karen Bradley
David Rumsey Map Collection
“Historic Photos of Boston” by Timothy Orwig (2006)
“Commonwealth History of Massachusetts,” Albert B. Hart, editor (1930)
“Report of the Commissioners…cause of Great Fire in Boston,” Boston (1873)
Boston Senior Fire Alarm Operator Denis Sullivan
Nick Candee
“City Record“, by the City of Boston (many years)
Dorchester Historical Society
Dorchester Atheneum
“The Encyclopedia of American Hand Fire Engines,” by Handtub Junction, USA
Boston Firefighters Local 718
Eric Goodman, IAFF Local 1403
KiloEchoRomeoIndia @ Flickr.com
Mark Simpson
Matt Maguire
books.google.com
Somerville Fire Local 76, IAFF
Massachusetts Historical Society
“Dearborn’s Reminiscences of Boston,” by Nathaniel Dearborn (1851)
“A History of Boston, the Metropolis…,” by Caleb H. Snow, M.D. (1828)
“A Chronological History…Boston Watch and Police,” by Ed. H. Savage (1865)
The Boston Globe
University of Massachusetts-Boston, Healey Library, Special Collections
Google Maps
“The Fireman’s Own Book,” by George P. Little (1860)
A. James Minshall
Loraine Ash
Walter Murray
State Library at the Massachusetts State House, Boston
Massachusetts Archives at the Commonwealth Museum, Dorchester, MA
Fred DellaPorta
Clinton Smith
Fire Department, Royal Air Force Base, Mildenhall, Suffolk, England