Spokane Fire Station No. 1 Personnel
This file appears in: Spokane Fire Station No. 1: Establishing a Professional Force
The pride of the department, "Barney & Mage" pulled the hosewagon over rough unpaved roads in the 1890s. The driver is N.C. Gillette with Captain Frank Windsor beside him on the driver seat. Standing below, left to right, L.J. Meeks and John Lynch. Photo Courtesy of Spokane Public Library, Northwest Room, Spokane, WA.
This file appears in: Spokane Fire Station No. 1: Establishing a Professional Force
Spokane Fire Station No. 1: Establishing a Professional Force
Although the professionalization of the Spokane Falls Volunteer Fire Department was emerging years before the Great Fire of 1889, it wasn't until a few months after when the City passed an ordinance…