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.
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.
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.
Medals, Awards and Citations for 2015, 2016 & 2017
Medals, Awards and Citations for the years 2015, 2016 & 2017 have been posted. The recipients of the Medals, Awards and Citations are listed in each of the categories listed in the Personnel section. Medals, Awards & Citations are also listed in the Medal & Award Citations section, listed alphabetically by the last name of the recipient.
