2/1/2024: Recently, the City of Boston Archives posted a collection of photographs of the Cocoanut Grove, in the aftermath of the fire. The photographs were taken by the Massachusetts State Police. The Link has been placed in the BFHS webpage on the fire. Cocoanut Grove Fire Story
2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022 Department General Orders; 2022 Multiple Alarm Fires; 2020 & 2021 Award Citations; Chronology 1890-1899
The following items have been posted recently:
1. BFD Department General Orders for the years: 2019, 2020, 2021, & 2022.
2. The list of Multiple Alarm Fires in 2022 in the Fire Alarm section.
3. Award citations for the years 2020 and 2021, in the Personnel section.
4. Chronology for the decade 1890-1899.
Updated Personnel Listings and 2021 Multiple Alarm Fire records
The BFD Fire Fighting Force Personnel Listings from 1711 to Present (August 2022) have been updated. See Department Personnel List Since 1711 in the Personnel section.
Multiple Alarm Fires for 2021 have been posted. See Multiple Alarm Records in the Fire Alarm section.
Recent Additions
The items listed below have been added to the website over the past several months:
1. Collections: A new listing within the Personnel section containing the personal papers, awards, photographs, ephemera and other items associated with individual members of the Boston Fire Department. Collections
Included in the initial listing of Collections are the following members:
- Ahern, John M., Principal Fire Alarm Operator
- Baumeister, George J., Lieutenant
- Hogan, William T., District Fire Chief
- Jones, Gilbert W., Fire Fighter (Arson Inspector)
- Nolan, Walter P., Apparatus Operator
- Rozanski, Charles M., Fire Captain
- Williams, John, Captain
2. Apparatus photos:
Engine 46’s 1914 Robinson hose and chemical wagon, Shop # 304, at quarters, in 1914. Photo
Engine 46’s 1914 Robinson with company members, at quarters, 1914. Photo
3. 51st BFD Memorial Sunday booklet, in 1944. Booklet
4. Group photographs.
Company members of Engine Company 12, circa 1949. Photo
BFD members at the Training Academy, Bristol St., South End, circa 1953. Photo
Two photos of the McCorkle & Murphy memorial plaque dedication ceremony at Engine 24, 434 Warren St., Roxbury, May 2, 1965. Photo 1 Photo 2
Three photographs of Hoseman Salvatore DiStefano, Engine Company 14, 1946 to 1955.
Photo 1 Photo 2 Photo 3
5. 2018 and 2019 Medal, Awards and Honors Recipients. See the lists of Medal, Awards and Honors in the Personnel section.
Group Photos; Reunion Booklets; Fire Societies; Boston Protective Dept.; Fire Alarm Maps
The following items have been posted recently:
- Members of Ladder Company 17 on January 1, 1905. Photo
- Members of Fireboat Engine 47, with Captain John Williams, circa 1922. Photo
- Members of the Drill School for new recruits at 60 Bristol St., South End, in 1942. Photo
- Rescue Company 1 members, Lt. Flahive, Hosemen Snell & Minehan, in 1944. Photo
- Members of Engine 26, Engine 35, Rescue 1 and Water Tower 2 at 194 Broadway, Downtown, in 1944. Photo
2. REUNION BOOKLETS
- Engine Company 43 and Ladder Company 20 Reunion held on October 10, 1985. Booklet
- Bowdoin Square Firehouse Reunion held on September 8, 1986. Booklet
See also the Final Edition of ‘Bow-doins’ published May 26, 1962. Bow-doins
3. FIRE SOCIETIES
- The Sun Fire Society, instituted in Boston, May 8, 1765. Articles of Agreement
- The Friendship Fire Society, institued in Boston, May 25, 1767. Rules and Orders
- The Union (Fire) Society, institued in Boston, November 25, 1772. Rules and Orders
- The Assistant Fire Society, instituted in Boston, December 2, 1783. Society Laws
- The Union Fire Society, instituted in Boston, November 25, 1792. Society Laws
4. BOSTON PROTECTIVE DEPARTMENT
5. FIRE ALARM BOX LOCATION MAPS
- Alarm Location And Response Maps (ALARM) issued in 1983, showing the Fire Box locations categorized by the first two digits of the box number. ALARM maps
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