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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

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Boston Fire Department, boston fire historical society, Boston Protective Department, Bowdoin Square, Engine 43, Engine 47, fire alarm, fire alarm box locations, Fire Societies, Ladder 17, Ladder 20

Booklet and photographs from various categories

February 26, 2017 by bostonfireuser

Booklet and photographs from various categories have been posted:

 

1937 BFD Rules and Regulations.     See Rules and Regulations in the Archives section.

1937 Drill School graduates.               See Group Photographs in the Archives section.

Engine 31 – 1889 Fireboat John M. Brooks, c. 1909.   See Engine 31 in the Apparatus section.

Engine 31 – 1889 Fireboat John M. Brooks, c. 1910.    See Engine 31 in the Apparatus section.

Engine 47 – 1948 Fireboat Joseph J. Luna, in 1953.     See Engine 47 in the Apparatus section.

 

 

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Boston Fire Department, boston fire historical society, Engine 31, Engine 47, Fireboats, Rules and Regulations

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