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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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Volunteer firemen in front of the new fire station. Construction started in 1947 and was finished in spring 1948. These fire engines were purchased in 1951, the original ones sold were sold in Nov 1951. [3020 views] A group of nine firefighters from the College Place Fire Department pose in front of a firetruck parked in front of the fire station. [2928 views] A group of eight firefighters from the College Place Fire Department inside a house during a controlled practice burn. [2809 views] Two men from the College Place Fire Department work on planting a sapling next to a building. [2757 views] A firefighter using a hose on a test fire in a ditch. College Place Fire Department. [2698 views]

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