bostonfireuser, Author at Boston Fire Historical Society

1988 Department General Orders

February 17, 2017 by bostonfireuser

1988 Department General Orders have been posted. See the Department Orders category for 1988 and other years.

Apparatus Photos: Engine 3, Engine 41, Ladder 16, Ladder 21

February 12, 2017 by bostonfireuser

Apparatus photos have been posted:

Engine 3 in 2016. See other Engine 3 apparatus.
Engine 41 in 2016. See other Engine 41 apparatus.
Ladder 16 in 2016. See other Ladder 16 apparatus.
Ladder 21 in 2016. See other Ladder 21 apparatus.

1836 List of Engines/Ladders and Dept. Members, and Two Fires.

February 5, 2017 by bostonfireuser

A list of the entire Fire Department in 1836, listing the Engines, Ladders, Department Members and other items.

Story of the 5/18/1835 Blackstone Street Fire.

Story of the 10/1/1835 Devonshire Street Fire.

See these items listed in Boston History Before 1859.

Apparatus Photos: Ladder 2, Ladder 4, Squrt 26, Squrt 42.

February 4, 2017 by bostonfireuser

Apparatus photos have been posted:

Ladder 2 circa 1980. See other Ladder 2 apparatus.
Ladder 4 circa 1996. See other Ladder 4 apparatus.
Squrt 26 circa 1979. See other Engine 26 apparatus.
Squrt 42 circa 1983. See other Engine 42 apparatus.

Engine 19’s 1917 Seagrave “Triple Combination” pumper in 1920.

January 30, 2017 by bostonfireuser

See a photo of Engine 19’s 1917 Seagrave Triple Combination pumper, Shop #120, operating at a fire in Mattapan Square on 1/31/1920. Read a newspaper story of the fire.