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Fire Department

With a string of arson fires in 1917-18 school year, the school and young town decided it needed a fire department. A volunteer fire department started in that year with F. W. Peterson as chief.


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Two firemen from the College Place Fire Department outside a house surrounded by smoke. January [1761 views] A firewoman from the College Place Fire Department sits on the ground in the shade of a firetruck while eating watermelon in a field. [1630 views] Two firemen from the College Place Fire Department hold onto a hose while two other firemen work in the background around a firetruck. June [1703 views] Two firefighters in full gear from the College Place Fire Department next to the back of a house at night. [1585 views] A white firetruck from the College Place Fire Department parked on the street near two other firetrucks. [1671 views] A group of six firefighters from the College Place Fire Department inside a house during a controlled practice burn. [1631 views] A blue house fully engulfed in flames being hosed down by the College Place Fire Department. [1627 views] A blue house engulfed in flames being tended to by the College Place Fire Department. [1627 views] A large group of fire fighters from the College Place Fire Department work to move a hose laid out in a street behind a fire truck. [1623 views] A fire fighter from the College Place Fire Department sprays a fire extinguisher at the top of a telephone pole. [1618 views] A fire fighter from the College Place Fire Department holds a fire extinguisher while being lifted in a crane to the top of a telephone pole while a few more first responders watch from the ground. [1611 views] A fire fighter from the College Place Fire Department being lifted in a crane to the top of a telephone pole while a few other first responders watch from the ground. [1606 views] A man with a mustache uses a megaphone to instruct other firemen from the College Place Fire Department as they respond to a fire inside a blue house. [1613 views] A group of nine fire fighters from the College Place Fire Department standing outside in a close circle. [1623 views] A group of paramedics and fire fighters from the College Place Fire Department attend to a person face down on the ground. [1624 views] A group of seven fire fighters from the College Place Fire Department crouch near a doorway inside of a house. [1633 views] A large group of College Place Fire Department fire fighters pose in front of a yellow fire truck. [1626 views] A fire fighter from the College Place Fire Department points at a group of three other fire fighters during the Greenhouse fire. [1641 views] Fire fighters from the College Place Fire Department use a hose to spray water on the Greenhouse fire. [1644 views] A fire fighter at the Greenhouse fire from the College Place Fire Department with a walkie talkie in his front pocket. [1633 views] A man with a mustache looks over the remains of the Greenhouse fire at the other fire fighters from the College Place Fire Department. [1633 views] A group of five fire fighters from the College Place Fire Department sorting through the rubble of the Greenhouse fire. [1639 views] A female fire fighter from the College Place Fire Department uses a hose to put out the Greenhouse fire. [1620 views] A group of three fire fighters from the College Place Fire Department walking around the Greenhouse fire remains. [1642 views] Two firefighters on the ground from the College Place Fire Department holding a hose while spraying at a blue house during a controlled practice burn. [1622 views] A group of four firefighters from the College Place Fire Department point a hose at a blue house during a controlled practice burn. [1627 views] A group of three firefighters from the College Place Fire Department point a hose at a house during a controlled practice burn while another fireman stands by. [1642 views] The front of a house used for a controlled practice burn by the College Place Fire Department. [1599 views] A group of firefighters from the College Place Fire Department point a hose at a house used for a controlled practice burn. [1620 views] A group of firefighters from the College Place Fire Department spray down a burning house used in a controlled practice burn. [1599 views]
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