SPRINGFIELD FIRE JOURNAL Ohio Fire History

Photos : Courtesy of family of Harry Huffman Springfield, Ohio, firefighters at a picnic and outside a firehouse. Harry Huffman is seated ...

Advertisement featuring Springfield Fire Chief Sam Hunter and Engine 2's crew at old Fire Station No. 2, which was closed during the Gr...

Harry Huffman was promoted to platoon chief on Jan. 1, 1947. He was appointed to the fire division in 1928 and retired on April 1, 1949. At...

Photo : Cindy Funk via F lickr Old Fire Station No. 5 on West Main Street, Springfield, Ohio. It housed Engine 5 which was relocated to a ne...

The Springfield Tire Fire always burns in the hometown of "The Simpsons" television series. In 1917, a coal fire smoldered for wee...

Fire Chief — Samuel F. Hunter. Superintendent of Telegraph — Michael M. Duffy. Central Steam Fire Company No. 1 — West side of South Fou...

On May 1, 1920, Springfield switched to a two-platoon system from continuous duty, placing firefighters "on duty twenty-four hours and ...

Good Samaritans to the rescue! A neighbor fetched a ladder and saved three people from an apartment fire at 6631 Rita Drive in Enon, Ohio, o...

On Dec. 28, 1900, fire destroyed Hamma Divinity Hall, a seminary, and low water pressure delayed the firefighters' assault on the flames...

Springfield firefighters saved Myers Hall at Wittenberg University from a prank gone awry in the early 20th Century, according to the Spring...

Jefferson School was destroyed by fire in 1928. It was located McCreight and Garfield. The Trump-Littleton Insurance Agency employed a pho...

- On Jan. 8, 1968, a freight train derailed in Snyderville - six miles west of Springfield - and set a family's home ablaze, according t...

On May 2, 1990, a three-year-old boy named Tyler Wolf dialed 911 after his mother fell unconscious in their home at 817 East McCreight Avenu...

On Jan. 4, 1954, a general alarm fire swept the 99-year-old Western Grade School at West Main and Yellow Spring streets. Eight teachers and...

Willard Dale Ritenour, a member of the Tremont City Fire Department in Clark County, died in the line of duty on Nov. 4, 1963, according to...

On Nov. 24, 1893, Springfield firefighters provided mutual aid to the City of Columbus for a blaze that consumed the Chittenden Hotel and H...

"In the days of Fire Chief Simpson the Simpson Lumber Company horses were used in emergencies saving the city the expense of so many ho...

Photo : Springfield News-Sun Old Fire Station No. 9 at 17 West State St., Springfield, Ohio, c losed Jan. 1, 1975 as part of a reorganiz...

From the 1880s to the 1970s, Springfield was protected by a Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph System and red a larm boxes were typically located...

Early on Aug. 14, 1939, several firefighters were overcome by smoke at a fire at the Elks Club at 126 West High Street as they searched for...

On Feb. 20, 1958, a general alarm fire started by a welder's torch gutted the old Borden Dairy at 125 North Fountain Avenue. ``Two...

On March 10, 1953, a general alarm fire gutted the five-story Zimmerman Building at Limestone and Main streets in downtown Springfield - but...

On June 3, 1946, firefighters scrambled when a propeller broke loose from an Army Air Force B-29 bomber 30,000 feet over Springfield and sho...

Early on May 20, 1939, a general alarm fire swept the yard and buildings at the Clark County Lumber Co. and illuminated the night sky. ``All...

Photo : IAFF Local 333 web site On May 5, 2005, the Springfield Fire-Rescue Division battled a pair of serious fires. The first blaze swep...

Photo: Springfield Fire Division Truck 5 at house fire on Pleasant Street in November 2007 - On Christmas morning 2004, Lt. Doug Buffenbarge...

Photo : Springfield Fire-Rescue Division Hazmat 1 went in service in June 2005, serving both the City of Springfield and communities in Clar...

Crowell-Collier General Alarm - 1999 Springfield, seat of Clark County, Ohio, is located between Dayton (to the west) and Columbus (to the ...

On Feb. 19, 1894, fire swept the downtown Arcade Hotel. Flames started in the basement ``Kindling Room,'' where coal and other fue...

UPDATED OCTOBER 2011 Photo : Fire Division web site On May 7, 2004, J. Mike Beers (right), who served as chief of the Springfield Fire Re...

The Great Depression crippled the economy in the 1930s and Springfield's firefighters banded together to prevent job cuts. ``Revenues we...

Photo : Fire Division web site On Sept. 11, 2002, the City of Springfield marked the first anniversary of the tragedies at the World Trade C...

Springfield firefighters extricatied the driver of a truck that was struck by a Norfolk Southern locomotive on March 30, 2004. The collision...

P hoto : Fire Division web site Members of the International Association of Firefighters union serving in Iraq in 2004, including Springfiel...

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

Steam pumper from Engine Company No. 2 pictured at the ruins of the East Street Shops in 1902. Fire Chief George Follrath is ...

  On Feb. 19, 1903, a general alarm fire destroyed Black's Opera House, the YMCA and other downtown buildings at Main and Fountain s...

On Dec. 19, 1955, fire swept a bungalow four miles southwest of Springfield, killing five children and a young mother, the Springfield Daily...

Shortly after the U.S. entered World War II, the City Springfield established a Civil Defense Fire Department to supplement the regular muni...

The following is a modified version of "The Disaster List" - the Clark County Historical Society's record of fires and emerge...