Fire Buffs promote the general welfare of the fire and rescue service and protect its heritage and history. Famous Fire Buffs through the years include New York Fire Surgeon Harry Archer, Boston Pops Conductor Arthur Fiedler, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and - legend has it - President George Washington.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023

RUNS & WORKERS

The fire department in Pueblo, Colorado, acquired an auto with money "saved in the purchase of horse feed," according to The Pueblo Sun of Nov. 23, 1909.

 

On Feb. 6, 2022, firefighters rescued a person from a house fire in the 3500-block of 35th Avenue in Greeley, Colorado. "Ladder 5 crew arrived on scene to find a working fire and immediately initiated an interior search of the structure," the fire department said on Facebook. B-Shift was on duty that evening.

Blaze at Greeley's old Tolman store at 8th Avenue and 7th Street in October 1956.

On Dec. 26, 1968, fire struck the old Sterling Theater at 926 9th Ave. in Greeley. The theater was undergoing demolition and much of the floor had been removed.

Item appearing in Feb. 7, 1903, edition of Colorado Daily Chieftain of Pueblo.

Greeley firefighters rescued two people from a fire in a two-story house in the 800-block of 4th Street on Aug. 22, 2021.
On the scene and tending to a troubled auto in the early 1960s.
Photos: Greeley Fire Department On Jan. 6, 1970, fire swept the construction site of the
library at Colorado State College - today the University of Northern Colorado - in Greeley. Firefighters endured bitter cold.

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