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 FIRE
& RESCUE
- RESCUE
SERVICE -- Florida Times-Union article entitled "Millennium
Moment: November 2, 1967," by Jim
Schoettler.
Tells about the origins of
Jacksonville's rescue department in 1967.
- INFO ABOUT HISTORY
OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
-- Info about the Jacksonville's fire department can be found in
the book History of Jacksonville
Florida and Vicinity 1513 to 1924 (by T. Frederick Davis,
1925). Go to
pages 310-314. The entire book is online at the website for the
Florida Heritage
Collection. STEP #1 --
When you get to the website, use a keyword search
for the following words: "Jacksonville" "vicinity". This
will retrieve the book. STEP #2
-- Click on the link "Electronic
resource (JPEG)." This will retrieve the screen that allows you
to
choose a page number. STEP #3
-- Go to the bottom of the screen & select a
page number. This will open the book at that page.
- JACKSONVILLE
FIRE MUSEUM -- A description of a marvelous place for firefighting
aficionados & local history buffs. The Jacksonville
Firefighting Museum operates in a historic, two-story fire station that
features displays and antique equipment. The museum also boasts a
steam pumper thought to have been used to battle the Great Fire of
1901. Built in 1902, the station housed African American firemen
for its first three years. The description of the museum is given
in a Florida Times-Union article entitled "Museum's Bells and
Whistles Part of Firefighting History," by Alexa Jaworski.
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HISTORY OF FIRES IN JAX
-- Florida Times-Union article entitled, "Fire, Haze
Have Been Here Before," by Bill Foley.
Tells about fires in Jacksonville's history.
- OCEANWAY
FIRE DEPARTMENT -- Picture of Oceanway Fire Department in
1948. (Oceanway is in North Jacksonville.) Provided by
JacksonvilleStory.com
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