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- English
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Seattle Fire Department
About this book
On June 6, 1889, 25 city blocks of the city of Seattle and every mill, wharf, and warehouse from Union to Jackson Streets were consumed in a firestorm that started when a glue pot tipped over. Both of the Seattle firehouses burned in the devastating inferno, and the result was the end of the volunteer fire department and the formation of the Seattle Fire Department. Seattle got its first fireboat in 1891, at a little fire station at the foot of Madison Street and Alaskan Way, and the department depended on horse-drawn equipment until 1924, when the last horse was retired. Boasting the oldest continuously operating medic unit in America, todays Seattle Fire Department is a proud organization with 34 fire stations and more than 1, 000 uniformed personnel.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- One - VOLUNTEER DAYS
- Two - THE GREAT FIRE
- Three - HEYDAY OF THE HORSE
- Four - THE MOTOR ERA BEGINS
- Five - THE DEPRESSION AND WORLD WAR II
- Six - POSTWAR GROWTH
- Seven - PARAMEDICS AND “HAZ-MAT”
- Eight - MARITIME FIREFIGHTING
- Nine - INTO THE 21ST CENTURY
- Ten - THE CHIEFS
- IN MEMORIAM