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Blue-Star Fire
Blue Star Continental-Keller 16th Ave. Main $500,000
Bluffs Fire Unit fights in Omaha
Council Bluffs firefighters spent hours in Omaha assisting with a four-alarm fire. Capt. Donald Barritt and his crew manned the snorkel unit which poured water in the front of the Karbach building at Fourteenth and Douglas.
Broadway Cleaners fire
Photography of a fire at Broadway Cleaners
Broadway Fire
Sapp-Maurer Wickham Blk. Broadway at Scott Street
Bumper Steamer
Bumper steamer. Street is of wooden blocks.
Captain Cockran
Captain J. Cockran and Driver R. Gates
Captain Keegan
Capt H. Keegan - D. Baxley
Captain Oamek and Mike Kilbane
Photograph of Fire Department Captain Oamek and Fire Department Mike Kilbane.
Centennial Bell At Fire Station
Sprucing up a centennial bell at the Oak Street Fire Station are B Shift members Capt. Jerry Carter, Firefighter Don Owens and Engineer Larry Olson. The bell was cast for the Bluffs Fire Department in 1876 and originally hung in the old Central Fire…
Centra Station
Central Fire Station
Central Fire Station
A photograph of a fire engine in front of the Central Fire Station.
Central Fire Station postcard
A postcard of the Council Bluffs Central Fire Station.
Central Station
Central Station. Ed Walker Sr. on crutches, lost his foot under hose wagon while training. Given lifetime job to drive Chiefs buggy and later Chief's car, for 25 years with a wooden leg.
Central Station
Central Station
Central Station Inspected By 100
Presenting A Picture . . . of a 1913 world champion racing horse team to be used in the fire station as City Councilman Ron Cleveland looks on is DeVere Watson of Council Bluffs. The horses were named after a former mayor of Council Bluffs, Lou…
Charles Nicholson
Chas. Nicholson, Chief (1907 to May 1, 1914) First Chief under Civil Service
Chief Grote
Wiliam Grote, Chief Nov. 1, 1935 - Apr 1, 1938
Chief Hitchcock
Frank Hitchcock, Chief. May 1, 1914 to Oct. 1, 1920
Chief Plagued By Fire Station Location
The Present . . . Central Fire Station will have to be demolished along with other downtown property located in the Urban Renewal shopping center development. The station is now located where the parking garage will be in the new project.
Chief Sorenson
WM. Sorenson, Chief Apr. 1, 1938 to Oct. 1, 1940