DAILY LOG - 1949

The Springfield Fire Division operated eight engines, three trucks and an emergency squad in the years following World War II.

Then as now, the city's firefighters answered a wide variety of calls for help, as noted in the log of runs for May 23, 1949 and printed in the next day's Springfield Daily News.

• 479 Selma Rd. - Emergency Squad assisted Mrs. Anna Steinmetz, 83, heart attack.
• 2245 South Limestone St. - False fire alarm.
• 237 Northern Ave. - Residence of Joseph Nofz for short in refrigerator wiring. Loss $10.
• 203 West College Ave. - 2,300-volt electric line fell on parked car.

Of course, there is no such thing as a ``routine call'' in the fire service. A day earlier, a New York Central passenger train collided with Truck 1 at Washington Street and Fountain Avenue, killing firefighter Alfred E. Kime, 33.