BFD Department General Orders for the years 1874 to 1880 have been posted. Additions to the years 1881 to 1912, already posted, will be completed shortly.
3/19/2025 – Updated Personnel Listings to 2025; New E17/L7 Firehouse; Collection: FLT William Tassinari; 2024 Multiple Alarm Fires;
Personnel Listings have been updated to March 2025. Listings
Photographs and information on the new Engine 17 / Ladder 7 / District 7 firehouse at 44 Winter Street, Dorchester. New Firehouse
Collection of photographs and documents of late Fire Lieutenant William A. Tassinari. Collection
List of 2024 Multiple Alarm Fires List
11/24/2024 – 2023 General Orders; 2023 Multiple Alarm Fires; Memorial Service Programs; Apparatus Photos; Grave Sites (LODD/Comm./Chief)
Recently added items include:
2023 Department General Orders
Memorial Service Programs (several years) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024.
Apparatus photographs (various fire companies)
Grave sites of Line of Duty Deaths; Fire Commissioners and Chiefs of Department
4/24/2024 – Updated Personnel Listings
4/24/2024 – The Personnel Listings have been updated to be current to April, 2024.
See Department Personnel List Since 1711 within the Personnel section.
4/18/2024: Cocoanut Grove survivor passes away; Grave sites of Line-of-Duty Deaths & Chiefs of Department – Fire Commissioners
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4/18/2024: One of the two known survivors of the Cocoanut Grove Fire, Joyce Spector Mekelburg, passed away today in Dedham, Mass., having reached her 100th birthday just two days prior. See a video of Mrs. Mekelburg on the 75th Anniversary in 2017. Video
Now, the only known survivor is Robert L. Shumway, age 100.
Story of the Cocoanut Grove Fire Cocoanut Grove Fire Special Section
Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee -
The grave sites of many Line-of-Duty-Deaths (LODD) and Chiefs of Department and Fire Commissioners have been added to their respective sections with the Personnel section. More grave sites will be added shortly.
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