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Group Photos; Reunion Booklets; Fire Societies; Boston Protective Dept.; Fire Alarm Maps

April 11, 2020 by bostonfireuser

The following items have been posted recently:

1. GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS:

  • 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

  • Annual Report 1878
  • Annual Report 1879
  • Annual Report 1889

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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