Fire departments
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Sanfred "Sandy" Blodgett , July 30, 2018
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In their interview with Gaby Thomason on July 30th, 2018, Sanfred ‘Sandy’ Blodgett, who served as a Boise firefighter, and his wife, Judi Kay, offered their memories of Sandy working with the department from the years 1961-1984. In that time, Sandy served as a hoseman, driver, lieutenant, and captain. Blodgett spoke on the following topics: Serving on the original pension board; stopping a rubber wire volt line that was creating sparks while hitting the ground; significant gas leaks and gas...
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July 30, 2018
Terry Barnes , August 8, 2018
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In his interview with Gaby Thomason on August 8th, 2018, Terry Barnes, who served as a Boise firefighter, offered his memories of working from the years 1971-1996. In that time, Barnes served as a hose man and a driver. Barnes spoke on the following topics: How he came to join the fire department; starting pay and how it changed; the Vicks Café fire; getting stuck in a basement; a serial arsonist who lit multiple garage fires and the old Saint Alphonsus hospital; firetrucks and ladder truck...
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August 8, 2018
Thomas "Tom" Cole , July 20, 2010
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In his interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on July 20, 2010, Thomas Cole, who served with the Boise Fire Department, offered his memories of his career as a firefighter. Hughes’s career as a firefighter began in 1968 and continued until his retirement in 1989. He spoke on the following topics: recruitment and training of new firefighters; life in the firehouse; his reasons for entering the fire service; his dislike of medical calls; the Eastman fire and other emergency responses; firehouse...
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July 20, 2010
Willard Coles , April 6, 2018 and April 21, 2018
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In an interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on April 6, 2018, Willard Coles discusses his career with the Boise Fire Department from 1972-1997. Topics covered in the interview include: helping his dad and Wilder Volunteer Firemen train as a child; getting caught in a large fire in the Boise Foothills; the training he went through during the hiring process; the practical jokes the stations played on each other; the transition from fire boxes to a dispatch center; how promotions worked; helping...
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April 6, 2018 and April 21, 2018
William "Bill" Hoobing , June 23, 2010
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In his interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on June 24, 2010, William “Bill” Hoobing, who served with the Boise Fire Department, offered his memories of his career as a firefighter. Hoobing’s career as a firefighter began after serving in the South Pacific during World War II. He joined his father on the Boise Fire Department after being discharged from the Marine Corps in 1946. He spoke on the following topics: memories of visiting his dad at the fire station as a kid; the lack of testing to...
Dates:
June 23, 2010
William "Bill" Parry , July 22, 2010
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In an interview with Alicia Martin-Cowger on July 22, 2010, William “Bill” Parry discusses his career as a firefighter with the Boise Fire Department. Parry’s career spanned from 1951-1980; he worked as a hoseman, driver, lieutenant, training officer, and captain. Topics discussed in the interview: the lack of training for new hires; what life at the fire station was like; how disagreements were handled; starting the Training Division; memorable medical calls; rivalries between fire stations...
Dates:
July 22, 2010