The War Department has selected the Marion Fire Department as one of several departments located at strategic points near war plants scattered throughout the nation to have custody of auxiliary firefighting equipment for use in emergency. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2012
Mayor Harry L. Crisp reported to the City Council Monday night that oily rags which had been used for wiping tools and machinery at the municipal water pumping station had been found in the pipes from which water is pumped from the clear well at the plant into the city mains. Continue reading
Zoral Buckner, residing on N. McLaren Street, has been appointed as a member of the City Fire Department: Fire Chief Jake Perry announced today. Continue reading
Mayor Crisp reported to the Council Monday night that the Dodge fire truck, the older of the city’s two fire trucks, has been taken to St. Louis for repairs. The pump on the truck had gone out of commission, it was said, after it was used to pump at the sewage disposal plant.
(Extracted from local newspapers and compiled by Harry Boyd, posted at http://www.marionfire.us )
Herman May, former Marion policeman, went to work Saturday at the Marion Fire Department. Continue reading