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Police and Fire Stations Image Collection
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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- 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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- 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 Station on Olive.”
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- 1970s - Fire Station #2
- Accompanying notation indicates photo was taken 1971 or 1972. This fire station is now known as #12.
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- 1970s - Fire Station #3
- Accompanying notation indicates photo was taken 1971 or 1972. This fire station is now #13.
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- 1970s - Fire Station #4
- Accompanying notation indicates photo was taken 1971 or 1972. This fire station is now known as #14.
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- 1970s - Fire Station #5
- Accompanying notation indicates photo was taken 1971 or 1972. This fire station is now known as #15.
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- 1970s - Fire Station #6
- Accompanying notation indicates photo was taken 1971 or 1972. This is now fire station # 16.
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- 1970s - Police Department
- This image is of the old Police Department that was formerly called the City Hall Annex. The building was part of the city's 10-Year Capital Improvement Program, which began on January 11, 1960. The new Annex opened on February 24, 1961, and housed the Burbank Police Department, the city jail, and the city's civil defense headquarters. A tunnel was dug below 3rd St., linking the Annex with the County Courts building, and was used to transport prisoners for court appearances. A fortified basement was built to withstand a "zero-zone bomb blast" and a deep well was dug beneath the building to provide independent water "in case of attack."
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- 1976 - Police Building
- From notes on photo: “Police bldg.- 272 E. Olive- 1976.”
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- 1979 - Fire Department Headquarters
- From notes on photo: “Fire Department – May 1979.”