Archives 1914-1940 - The Fire Fighters Museum

1914		Kildonan volunteers organized.
Mar. 23, 1914		Scott Block fire at 272 Main St.
1915		St. Vital F.D. had 3 horse-drawn wagons and six men.
Sept. 1915		355 street boxes in use.
Jan. 11, 1916		Enderton Bldg. burns on SW corner Portage and Hargrave.
Feb. 15, 1917		Scott Bathgate.
1919		Dept. goes on two-platoon system, no longer lived on job, 84-hour week.
-		West Kildonan gets a full-time department.
1920		East Kildonan gets a 100-gallon horse drawn chemical wagon, first East Kildonan fire station at Munroe and Watt.
Feb. 1921		Dingwall Block fire at 62 Albert St. 7 aerial ladder snaps.
1922		St. Boniface has a separate department of 31 men.
Jan. 23, 1922		Fashion Craft and Woolworth Store fire on Portage Ave. south side west of Garry.
Nov. 25, 1922		St. Boniface College fire; 10 dead, 18 injured.
Dec. 23, 1926		Winnipeg Theatre fire, 4 fire fighters killed, 10 injured.
1927		East Kildonan gets a model 'T' Ford as first motorized vehicle.
1928		Fire Prevention Bureau organized and had 3 members.
Apr. 14, 1928		Casa Loma Block fire at Sherbrook St. and Portage Ave.
May 1, 1929		Fire fighters received one day off in seven.
Aug. 12, 1929		St. James firemen Alex Morrison and Federick Dolding killed when their truck turned over while responding to an alarm.
Sep. 1, 1929		Medway Court, Edmonton St. Fire kills 9 people.
May 16, 1930		Old Tribune Bldg. fire at 211 McDermot Ave.
June 11/12, 1930		Thorkelson Box Factory and Lumber Yards, $400,000 loss.
1935		Last year horse-drawn hose wagon with sleigh runners used from No. 11 Stn.
Dec. 1936		450 street boxes in use.
1940		First one-way radios were installed in autos of district chief, deputy chief, and chief.
Late 1940's		Two-way radios installed.