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Tests To Sap Your Strength
Straining Under The Weight . . . as he attempts to pull a 50 foot section of hose to the top of the training tower is Alan Knott, Omaha. Firefighter Mike Mattox stands by.
Retirement Eyed For Number 5 - S. Eighth St. Fire Station
Replacement And Relocation . . . of Fire Station No. 5, 1827 S. 8th St., is in the discussion stage, Fire Chief Norman Elgan said.
Old Fire Alarm System Rests On Historic Laurels
Alarm's Brain . . . was this copper, brass, glass and white marble beauty known as a repeater. All 40 street fire alarm boxes were monitored through the device. Ticker tape punched out code to correspond to alarm box number.
Old Fire Alarm System Rests On Historic Laurels
Button Box . . . on the right is demonstrated by Asst. Fire Chief Norman Elgan. Disks inserted in the box would cause the other station's gongs, like one on left, to ring out the fire's location.
Old Bell Moved To New Station -- As A Memorial
From Its Cupola . . . atop Central Fire Station, the heavy bell is lowered to a waiting truck.
New Fire Truck
Fire Chief Norman Elgan and Laymon Simmons, representative of Home Fire Equipment Co. of Anderson, Ind., look over the new 1,000 gallon pumper truck delivered Friday to Central Fire Station. The truck will replace an older piece of equipment.…
New Fire Station To City Soon
Sweeping Effect . . . of 12-foot overhang eliminates "boxy" look of new fire station near Twenty-seventh Street and Broadway, and affords protection for front driveway. Brick facing is red tile, the overhang is painted white, and all the windows are…
Fireman statue
Two photographs of a statue of a firefighter located at the old Central Station - 29 North Main St.
Fire Department On Move Again
Final Preparations . . . for moving into the new Central Fire Station are made by Delbert Burdick, Fire Department training officer. When the building is formally turned over to the city, Chief Norman Elgan will begin moving in the dispatcher's…
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #2 (05-01-74 -)
The statue "The Fireman," was presented to the Fire Department back in the days of the first World War by W.M. Wollman, 606 Oakland Avenue, a retired jeweler. Wollman, a familiar figure at Central Fire Station, was well known for his carving of…
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 4-30-1974)
Firemen at the Council Bluffs Fire Department
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Central Fire Station in Council Bluffs circa 1950
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Old and new fire trucks are on display in Council Bluffs
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
View from inside the Central Fire Station in Council Bluffs
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
City Mills and No. 3 Engine House in Council Bluffs
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Old Central Fire Station at Washington Avenue and Main Street in Council Bluffs
Photo courtesy of Guy A. Nelson
Photo courtesy of Guy A. Nelson
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Firemen battling the blaze at the Elder Court Apartments in Council Bluffs
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Council Bluffs Fire Station No. 3
Fire Department & Fire Stations File #1 (to 04-30-1974)
Central Fire Station in Council Bluffs circa 1950