Monday, January 3, 2022

Boston FD 1964 General Orders

https://bostonfirehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/51/2015/09/bfddepartmentgeneralorders1964.pdf

113 pages ... pretty much the same as 1965 and 1966 general orders

deaths ... retirements ... transfers ... newly appointed ...
commendations ... new fire boxes ... etc

2nd alarms have 4 engines listed on (box] cards ... first alarms have 2 ladders

MTA renamed to MBTA ... list of their fire boxes

fire prevention parade had Navy Yard Eng 2 + Hanscom + hand tubs +
Boston Civil Defense units + Box 52 1921 Maxim engine + National Fire
Museum + suburban FDs etc

private fire box companies are ... Boston Automatic Data + Call's +
A.D.T + Hyde park Fire Alarm

sections of new state laws given re emergency lighting and ?boarding homes?

Society of Fire protection Engineers met on Moon Island on June 10 ...
fire apparatus was demonstrated

major fire on May 21 1964 ... ( ? maybe Bellflower St ? ] ... in
Dorchester ... totally destroyed 19 three family homes and partially
destroyed 16 more ... 300 folks affected ... the Conflagration
Firefighting plan was used ... 23 suburban FDs assisted ... thanks
from Kevin H White Secretary of Commonwealth

no mention of 154.22 nor Newton Control

(light dawns ... 1964 had major fire ... 1965 got 154.22 ... we think
we see a connection there ]

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