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Title: George Hale
Description: Photos, illustrations, and descriptions of the fire chief George Consider Hale, or George Hale, and his firefighting inventions. Description of him as being born in New York in 1849 and arriving in Kansas City in 1863 as an engineer, assisting Octave Chanute in the construction of the Hannibal Bridge from 1866 to 1869, and succeeding Colonel Frank Foster as the Kansas City's second fire chief in 1882.
Date: 1893
Object Type: Book Section

Title: Half a Century on the Front Line
Description: Article about Kansas City's longest serving firefighter, Louie Martin, who after 51 years has decided to retire. His last shift happened to be Thursday night's fire at the Westport Presbyterian Church. "Martin, 75, said he has seen many changes to the profession."
Date: 2011-12-31
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Kansas City Firemen
Description: Exterior view of Kansas City firemen with equipment in use at the Campbell Glass and Paint building at 11th and Hickory streets. Building appears to have been on fire and is timed at 2:35 a.m. (Found in scrapbook on page 26.)
Date: 1893-03-30
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Negro Named a Fire Chief
Description: Biographical article about the promotion of Raymond Daniel, "2339 Wabash Avenue, to battalion chief" of the Kansas City Fire Department. Daniel joined the department in 1945, became captain in 1952, and organized firefighting departments in Liberia in 1953.
Date: 1960-11-30
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Fire Safety Equipment Demonstration
Description: Fire officials and fire fighters demonstrating safety apparatus.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Hose Demonstration
Description: Fire fighters and officials viewing a demonstration of a fire hose.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Department Officials
Description: Unidentified Fire Department officials viewing demonstration of safety apparatus; notation on back of photo reads "Captain's Training School (Woodland School)."
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Equipment Demonstration
Description: Unidentified official demonstrating fire fighting equipment to four unidentified firemen.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Officials and Safety Equipment
Description: Twelve unidentified Fire Department officials standing in front of cars with safety equipment at their feet.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Fighters
Description: Fire fighters unpacking breathing apparatus.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Kansas City Fire Department
Description: Composite of five photographs of the Kansas City fire department. (1) Engine House No. 1 with nine identified firefighters by horse-drawn fire-fighting equipment; (2) Engine House No. 2 with nine identified firefighters by horse-drawn fire equipment; (3) Kansas City No. 3 with nine identified firefighters by horse-drawn fire equipment; (4) McGee H & L, No. 1 with four mostly unidentified fire fighters standing by hook and ladder fire equipment. In the middle of the composite is a portrait cameo of M. Burnet, Chief.
Date: 1873~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: SC30-6 John C. Egner Fire Department Scrapbook Finding Aid
Description: John C. Egner was Fire Chief of the Kansas City Fire Department from 1906 to 1918. His name has been associated with this item. The scrapbook contains newspaper clippings, photographs, brochures, and various ephemeral items. It features the early years of the Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department and chronicles the department's trips to London in 1893 and the Paris Exposition in 1900. The scrapbook also contains numerous pages of vaudeville/entertainment coverage. The scrapbook has been microfilmed and use is restricted to that medium.
Date: 1880~/1940~
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: Fire Fighting Equipment Demonstration
Description: Officials viewing a demonstration fire fighting equipment.
Date: 1946-04-16
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Fire Department's Record Commended
Description: Short article with picture of Chief Hardwick, newly appointed chief of the fire department for his work improving efficiency of the department and lowering fire losses. Includes a table that "shows the record of total and per capita fire losses for the eight years preceding the establishment of the drill school and the eight following its establishment." Years shown are 1921-1928 and 1929-1936.
Date: 1937-03-16
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Biography of Francis A. Foster (1824-1906), Postmaster and Fire Chief
Date: 1999
Object Type: Biography

Title: Firefighters Change Rules for Gas Leaks
Description: Article announces that the Kansas City Fire Department has changed its procedures for how it responds to emergency calls involving natural gas leaks. It is stated that the changes have been made as a direct result of the JJ's Restaurant explosion in February of 2013. Kansas City Mayor Sly James is interviewed and discusses the need for the new policies.
Date: 2013-03-15
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Report Surfaces in Fatal Explosion
Description: Article reports on new evidence that raises questions about the whereabouts of two security guards who were on duty during a 1988 construction site explosion that killed six firefighters. The testimony of the guards helped to convict the five defendants in the case, which is being reviewed by the Justice Department.
Date: 2009-04-26
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Legacy Garden Honors Those Who Served Country, Community
Description: Mt. Olivet Cemetery on Blue Ridge Blvd. and Resurrection Cemetery on NE Cookingham Drive were chosen for the establishment of a new Legacy garden especially for "those who have served their country and those who have served their community--police, fire fighters and all first responders."
Date: 2011-11-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Longtime KC Fire Veteran dies at 78
Description: Article about Jim Duddy who died August 18, 2010. Duddy "retired in 2008 as assistant chief fire marshal after 50-plus years with the department" and served at every major fire during his tenure.
Date: 2010-08-20
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Fire Heroism, Climb against Bias Recalled
Description: Biographical article about Cecil Daniel, retired battalion chief with the Kansas City Fire Department. Daniel's life is stated to be in some ways a story of the growth of the Kansas City Fire Department because of its parallels with how racial bias evolved over the years with the entire department. When he started with the department in 1941, there were only ten other African American firefighters and they were in the Negro company No. 11, in the station at 2033 Vine Street. Cecil Daniel was the brother of Raymond Daniel, the first black fire chief of the Kansas City Fire Department.
Date: 1974-06-24
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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