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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.


1984 - 911 Emergency Series: Dispatch Services
Operator using dispatch emergency equipment. This picture appears to part of a series of slides highlighting safety and emergency services. Slide dated August 1984.
1984 - 911 Emergency Series: Emergency Operation Command
Emergency operation command looking at a map of Burbank. This picture appears to part of a series of slides highlighting safety and emergency services.Slide dated August 1982.
1984 - Burbank Emergency Staff Pose outside a fire station
Emergency staff posing near emergency vehicles outside of a fire station. This picture appears to part of a series of slides highlighting safety and emergency services. Slide dated August 1984.
1984 Fire Rescue Vehicle with Firefighters
Firefighters posing outside their Fire Rescue vehicle with emergency equipment. This picture appears to part of a series of slides highlighting safety and emergency services. Slide dated August 1984.
1985 - Fire Station #15
Fire Station 15 at Verdugo and Beechwood. Slide dated January 1985.
1985 Mayor Remy as Fire Department Event
Mayor E. Daniel Remy and other unidentified people posing in front of an old fashioned Fire Truck. Slide dated February 1985.
1986 - Burbank Firehouse Chili Cookoff Fundraiser
Mayor Mary Kelsey looks on as Fire Chief Curtis V. Reynolds and an unidentified man hold an oversized check for $5,000 to the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation. The Burbank Leader had no article regarding this event. Smiling at Mayor Kelsey is Dr. George Fischbeck, KABC weatherman who helped promote the fundraising event.
1987 - Burbank Fire Department Recruit Class
Burbank Fire Department Recruit Class
1987 - Michael Hastings and Dr. George Fischbeck Present a Check for the Burn Foundation
Michael Hastings awarding the Burn Foundation a $5,000 check from the Burbank Firefighters. The man holding the check is Dr. George Fischbeck, KABC weatherman who helped promote the fundraising event.
1988 - Fire Department Training Center Groundbreaking
Mayor Mary Kelsey and unidentified men hold ceremonial shovels at the groundbreaking for the new Fire Department Training Center.
1988 - Fire Department Training Center Groundbreaking
Two unidentified men discuss the new layout of the future Fire Department Training Center at its groundbreaking ceremony.
1988 - Fire Department Training Center Groundbreaking
Mary Kelsey Speaks at Groundbreaking of Fire Department Training Center

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