Spokane Fire Department Recruitment

ID: 3813
This file appears in: Spokane Fire Station No. 6: A Burning Issue

Late twentieth-century advertisement seeking recruits for the Spokane Fire Department. Image Courtesy of Spokane Public Library, Ned M. Barnes Northwest Room, Spokane, WA.

This file appears in: Spokane Fire Station No. 6: A Burning Issue

By Caitlin M. Shain
Originally constructed in 1900, Station No. 6 was first located at 504 E. 8th. This station was built entirely by the firefighters themselves, and although they did not get extra pay, they did get Sundays off, making volunteers easy to come by. In…