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Fire Department
In 1950, the Fire Department was in a facility across Olive Avenue from City Hall. This vine-covered, two-story brick building was an early predecessor to the modern joint-use Police & Fire Headquarters facility which opened in 1998 at Orange Grove Avenue and Third Street.
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- 1967-1975: Fire Chief - Robert E. Christoffersen
- Robert E. Christoffersen served as Burbank's fire chief from 1967 to 1975. Notes on back of photo: "1972, Fire Chief Robert E Christoffersen, 1967-1975."
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- 1970s - Fire Department Headquarters
- From notes on photo: “Fire Department – Olive Ave.”
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- 1970s - Fire Department Headquarters
- From notes on photo: “Fire Department Headquarters.”
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- 1970s - Fire Department Headquarters
- Accompanying notation indicates photo was taken 1971 or 1972.
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- 1971 - Fire Truck at McCambridge Park
- From notes on photo: “Official Fire Department Photo. Location: McCambridge Park Date: 1-4-71"
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- 1976-1990: Fire Chief - Curtis V. Reynolds
- Curtis V. Reynolds served as Burbank's fire chief from 1976 to 1990. Notes on back of photo: "Fire chief Reynolds, Curt V. Reynolds, 1976-1990."
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- 1979 - Fire Department Headquarters
- From notes on photo: “Fire Department – May 1979.”
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- 1980s - Burbank Police/Fire Softball Game
- Photo of runner digging for home at a softball game between the Burbank Police Officers' Association and Burbank Fire Department at Olive Memorial Stadium, likely taken in 1986. "THROW THE BALL -- RICK BURROUGHS, catcher, hopes to put out FRANK WALBERT, as RICK BISON guards third." -- back of print duplicate. Olive Memorial Stadium was dedicated in 1947 to soldiers killed in WWII and in early years was home to the St. Louis Browns spring training. The stands were demolished in 1995, though the fields themselves remain. The park was renamed George Izay Park in 1984.
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- 1980s - Emergency Series: Dispatch Services
- Operator answering phone at emergency dispatch. This picture appears to part of a series of slides highlighting safety and emergency services. Slide dated August 1984.
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- 1980s - Emergency Series: Dispatch Services
- Emergency dispatch operator at desk with two firefighters overseeing operations. This picture appears to part of a series of slides highlighting safety and emergency services. Slide dated August 1982.
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- 1980s - Emergency Series: Emergency Operation Command
- Emergency Operation command looking at a diagram related to Burbank. This picture appears to part of a series of slides highlighting safety and emergency services. Slide dated August 1982.
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- 1980s - Emergency Series: Fire Department
- Firefighter in firetruck. This picture appears to part of a series of slides highlighting safety and emergency services. Slide dated August 1982.