Spokane Fire Department Chief
This file appears in: Spokane Fire Station No. 1: Establishing a Professional Force
A.H. Myers, 1887 chief of the department, organized and equipped a hook and ladder company after Hose Company No. 2 was created. Image 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 officially professionalizing the Spokane Falls…