Historic Fire Department Pix at Jacksonvillefiremuseum.com

[stjr]

Found a treasure trove of fire department pictures at the Jacksonville Fire Museum website at http://www.jacksonvillefiremuseum.com/index.html .  A sampling below of old fire pix :

Hose Wagon 3, Circa 1915:





Jacksonville Hook and Ladder Company #1:



Central Fire Station:



Fire Station 2:



Fireman, 1880's:



Station 10, 1928:

[stjr]

Go here for pix of historic fire station photos around town: http://www.jacksonvillefiremuseum.com/Stations.html  .

Some samples:

Fire Station #1 -Downtown:



Fire Station #4 - The LaVilla Brickhouse:



Fire Station #5 - Brooklyn:



Fire Station #9 - Old - Springfied, 24th & Perry:

[stjr]

Sample of pix of the Great Fire of 1901 at http://www.jacksonvillefiremuseum.com/Great_Fire.html :















Bay and Main:

[Timkin]

Is FS# 10 still standing? it kind of looks like the old Firehouse at McDuff and Roosevelt .  How many of these Firehouses remain.. I know of 2 for sure , 3 possibly.

[Timkin]

Im really surprised these historic pics are not in every Firehouse Subs in Jax.  They are wonderful.

[thelakelander]

Here is old station at 24th & Perry in its current state:

[Timkin]

Wow.. thats a nice one