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🎉 Today marked the end of the @PhillyFireDept sesquicentennial. Three time capsules were created for future anniversaries marking the PFD's 200th, 250th and 300th years of service. #PFD150 #PhillyFireHistory
#PhillyFireHistory October 1918: Engine 11 becomes a segregated fire company. #BlackHistoryMonth #PFD150
This day in #PhillyFireHistory: Four-alarm fire at the N&B Felt Company, American and Buttonwood Streets. January 28, 1961 #PFD150
🎉Before there was Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, there was American Bandstand. Members of the @PhillyFireDept Fire Prevention Division appeared on the show in 1960. #PFD150
#PFD150 Chief Engineer Ross Bunting Davis
Davis was appointed in 1895 as a hoseman, Engine Co. No. 27. Named Chief Engineer in 1920, he was the longest-tenured Chief Engineer in PFD history, he held the position for 20+ years. Read his story: https://t.co/qH2VCMm15e
#FireboatFriday #PFD150
Edward A. Waters was the first foreman of the city’s first true fire boat, the Edwin S. Stuart. He was promoted to Chief Engineer in 1911. Injured 41 times during his 38 years in the dept. he was said to be fearless. Learn more: https://t.co/X6lM0sxPqM
He knocked down heavyweight champ "Gentleman" Jim Corbett! 🥊 #PFD150
As part of the 150th anniversary of the @PhillyFireDept we are profiling all of the Chief Engineers/Commissioners that have served. Meet William H. Murphy who was appointed to the department on February 11, 1895. Read his remarkable story: https://t.co/LZodfs2BzW
Read the history of Engine 54 - organized on March 16, 1908 on the southeast corner of 63rd Street and Lancaster Ave. The company was assigned an 1865 Amoskeag fifth size steamer that had been purchased from the volunteers in 1871. #PFD150 @PhillyFireDept https://t.co/ucEK4Ro9fB
The signs are everywhere: It's our 150th anniversary! Stop by @FiremansHall to learn more about our amazing history. #PFD150
#PFD150 John James Meskill, Sr. was appointed to the PFD in 1886.
➡️He was named Acting Chief in 1913.
➡️He designed an apparatus known as the “Cannon Wagon.”
➡️The Meskill family has been honored for 100 years of service to the @PhillyFireDept
➡️https://t.co/16dY3Twirl.
Can’t make it to the museum? Looking for some fun Philly fire history? Take our walking and driving tours of city firehouses. We just added a driving tour of 7 stations in Manayunk & Roxborough! @PhillyFireDept #PFD150
https://t.co/vQX9scksYj
🚨 You need this shirt! Celebrate the #PFD150 and support the museum. Get them while they’re hot! $25.00! https://t.co/mQIdMsbBxl
We love a good celebrity fire prevention photo - Chief Hink and Chief Eckels with Jay North aka “Dennis the Menace.” Thanks to @MikeHink11 for this fun bit of PFD history. #PFD150
More signs of our 150th anniversary!
Keep an eye out for the billboards
I-95 South of Pattison (Stadium Area)
Walt Whitman Bridge going to Jersey
I-95 at Rhawn Street
#PFD150 @PhillyFireDept
The signs are everywhere: It's our 150th anniversary! Learn more about the PFD's incredible history by visiting @FiremansHall in person or online ➡️ https://t.co/uoNABRzlSD 🚒🚑 #PFD150
Chief Engineer James C. Baxter Jr.
Baxter was appointed Chief Engineer of the Bureau of Fire on October 13, 1892, and served until March 1, 1911 when he retired due to age and injuries suffered over his 46-year career. Learn more on our site. #PFD150 https://t.co/yO3UNl7wfx
📺#PFD150 Last month we held a small ceremony at the museum to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the @PhillyFireDept. The video from the event is now available on our YouTube channel. We'll continue to celebrate the anniversary all year!
https://t.co/B3nYDzR0ez
Our archive includes quite a few pictures of celebrities that have partnered with the department and promoted fire prevention activities. Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher became Honorary Chiefs - April 21, 1957. Pictured here with Chief Hink and Commissioner McNamee. #PFD150
#PFD150 Chief Engineer John R. Cantlin – 2nd Chief Engineer of the PFD
Elected CE on February 11, 1879, Cantlin had served in the Civil War with William McMullen’s Independent Company of Rangers. Learn more: https://t.co/MdPHg6scxW
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