LATE 50'S , AT OLD HQ. , 115 E. BROADWAY ( 6621 LADDER TRUCK ) -ED DANIEL, JIM GESLER , CHARLIE RUSSELL , JIM HEYING , JAMES MC MAHON DON BERGER , AUGIE FITZ , DUANE CARPENTER , BOBBIE PHILLIPS , E

LATE 50'S , AT OLD HQ. , 115 E. BROADWAY ( 6621 LADDER TRUCK ) -ED DANIEL, JIM GESLER , CHARLIE RUSSELL , JIM HEYING , JAMES MC MAHON DON BERGER , AUGIE FITZ , DUANE CARPENTER , BOBBIE PHILLIPS , ED STRINGER

6621 - Early 60's -Left to Right - Ken Mellot, Bc Gesler, Jim Mitchell, Rich Parlamales, Bob Johnson, Dan Waters

Left to Right - Ken Mellot, Bc Gesler, Jim Mitchell, Rich Parlamales, Bob Johnson, Dan Waters

Dick Heinze and Max Long

Old HQ - 115 East Broadway

Station 3 - Manchester st

STATION 2 , 1958

CAPT. MC MAHON , TAYLOR , VALLES , MANUS , MURRAY , TOZER , LADIG , RANGE , RUSS RILEY ,BROWNE , MILLS , HODGES , STRAIT .

MENASCO , FILIPY, CURTIS , WHITE , LEWANDOWSKI , BUD CAMPBELL , WILKINSON , BRUNOT , BATENHORST , POPKE

Old HQ-115 East Broadway

Behind steering wheel - Conrad "Cooney" Mauerhan - Anaheim's first paid fireman - 1916

Fire Marshal - Bobby Phillips - early 1960's

Drill tower and Station two 610 N Brookhurst

Captain Gil Range - Early 1960's

old Station 3 on Manchester

left to right - BC Gesler, Captain Tom Menasco , Bud Campbell, Bobby Phillips, Dick Tozer

on Ground Chief Ed Stringer and wife (Margaret)

Station tour 1950's

Firefighter Bill Jones - Author of Buckets to pumpers - Anaheim Fire History

left to right - Asst Chief Jim Heying,unk,Chief Jim Riley

Mickey and Walt Disney - Mid 1950's

Engineer Kanenbley, Howard Beuler, Mike Collin

Firefighter Dutch Morgan

Left - Tom Barnes - Right -Murray Ralls - restoring old #2

Engineer Charley Kanenbly, Capt Ralph Livingston, Alex McLean, Jerry Hart, Harold Thurber

Old Station 8 on Piney Drive

HQ - 500 E Broadway

Engineer Charley Kanenbley, Captain Ralph Livingston, Murray Ralls

Unk, Fire Chief Jim Riley, unk

Bob Wilson and Bill Stroud

Hydrant presented by Disney Fire Dept, Man on Microphone - Disney Chief

Headquarters 500 E Broadway , ribbon cutting

Old Number 2 almost done

Jeff Bowman and Gerry Smith early 1970's

Departments first medics

Fire fighter Bill Jones

Chief Kanenbly

Tom Vandiver

Old Number Two - Council Jack Dutten - Jim Cox

Chief Brunot

1967 rookie Class

Left to Right

Cheif Gesler, John Edwards, Ken Mellon, Alvin Vanhluzen, Larry Dixon, Gary Martin, Wayne Hansen, John Ware, Leo Paulson, Ron Steele, Randy Sarver, Bob Greathead, Monty Connell, Jerry Laird, Ron Hamric, Cheif Brunot

John Ware went to LA city and became a deputy chief

Paul Lewandowski, Bob Brunot, JerryDickenson

Standing - Gesler, Fitz, William (Bud) Fassel, Hubert ladig

Squatting - Heying, Russell,Daniel, Devnot,Carpenter,Phillips,Stringer,Batenhorst,Bob Kindig, MdMahon,don Berger

Max Long - passed away in 2015 Worked here 1965 to 1970 went to Oregon took a fire chiefs job.

Gary Hilton- BC Driver

Fire Prevention Inspection Autonetics -best guess - 1967

Station 5 Bert Horn ,Tim Healy , John Ibbetson ,Russ Riley

Ray Radford ,unknown. Larry Lutz -Fire Chief of Autonetics

Doug Beery - June 1965

Fire Chief Ed Stringer

Hired 1940, Fire Chief 1950 to 1971

1965-1-Bill Anson 1956 1968 - Fire Chief Dist.3 Oregon 1970 1990 ,Don Barackman 1964 1988 ,Tom Barnes 1962 1990 ,Art Bartlett 1960 1977, Fred (the Fox) Batenhorst 1948 1967 ,Sam Bogoshian 1956 1984

1965-2 Rolly Bourne, Marion Brouwer 1962 1993,Bob Brunot 1953 1977,Gary Braaten 1960 1987,Vic Browne 1957 1985,Jim Burleson 1961 1987

1965-3

Bob Caffrey 1963 1992 ,Robert "Bud" Campbell 1955 1981 ,Mike "Mickey" Collin 1962 2002, Bill "the Gava" Campbell, Dennis Clark 1963 1987, Mike Doty 1961 1991

1965-4 Duane "Carp" Carpenter 1951 1979, Ed " Uncle Dan" Daniel 1950 1972, Ed "Fast Eddy' Dascomb 1963 1989, Dick Down 1956 1982 ,Jim Danley 1986 1978 ,Robert "Homer" Fellbaum 1955 1982

1965-5 Dick Flipy 1956 1982, Sam Flemens, Wil Fuller ,Augy Fitz 1950 1970 ,John Ford 1965 1970, Cliff Gamble 1961 1991

1965-6 B/C Jim Gesler 1949 1977,Jerry Hart 1962 2000, Bob "Herman" Hernadez 1963 2001, Ed Hackett 1962 1987, Tim Healy 1963 - final alarm 1990

1965-7 Assistant Chief Jim Heying 1951 1972, Gary "Wally" Hilton 1961 1987, Leonard Jennings 1955 1972,Warren Hill 1963 1984, Burt Horn 1963 - final alarm 1977, Dennis Johnson ?

1965-8 Bob Johnson 1963 1986, Tom Kresal 1963 1996Jack Ladig 1956 1987, Charlie Kanenbley 1960 1987, Al Kurpjuweit 1965 1975?, Paul "Ski" Lewandowski 1956 1978

1965-9 Jack Lines 1962 1973, Larry Lutz 1956 1987,Bud Manis 1950s, Ralph Livingston 1956 1979, Jimmy Joe Mattox 1960 1984, Alex MacLean 1965 1994

1965-10 Fred McLean 1959 1981, McCloud Gail 1964 1991, Ken "Red" Mellott 1958 1991, Tom "the Gunner" Menasco 1955 1979, Jim "Mitch"Mitchell 1956 1979, Phil "Ozzy" Oxborne 1962 1975?

1965-11 Richard Palmares 1950s 1968?,Don Penfield 1965 1991, Tony Pilon 1965 1989, Fire Marshal Bobby Phillips 1950 - final alarm 1977, Denny Proud 1963 1987, Charlie Revell 1955 1977

1965- 12- Gene "Robby" Robertson 1950s 1970?, Took a Chiefs job in Oregon,B/C Charlie Russell 1952 1967, John Sayer 1961 1991, Bob Schroeder 1962 1986, Roger Strickland 1963 1994

1965-13 Fire Chief Ed Stringer 1940 1971, Ed Strait 1957 1984, Bill Swain 1958 1986, Bill "Willard" Talley 1960 1985, Charlie "Granny" Tarrant, Neil Teague 1961 1987

1965-14 Leroy Tadja 1960 1987, Don Taylor 1956 1978, Harold Thurber 1963 1987, Dick Tozer 1955 1981, Holly Tucker 1960s ?, Ray Urton 1960s ?

1965-15

Ray Valles 1957 1984,Tom Vandiver 1960 1988 ,Boyd VanWyckhouse 1962 1991 ,Ray Verbeck 1964 1991 ,Charles "Dan" Waters 1963 1987 ,Lee Waters 1963 1976

1965-16

Jack Watson 1960s ? .Darrell "The Whale" Wallace ,Bob "Wilk" Wilkinson 1956 1987 ,Al Williams 1961 1986 ,Don "DJ" Wohlt 1958 1980 ,Web Whitlock 1965 1997

Tom Keehn 1957 1985

Martel Thompson 1963 1984, Jim Starr 1954 1979, Rudy Weyland 1965 1996

1965 ID pics

Ibbetson

JIM GESLER , AUGIE FITZ , CHIEF ED STRINGER ,SECRETARY MARGE KANE , ASST. CHIEF JIM HEYING , FIRE MARSHALL BOBBY PHILLIPS

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF 1958

THOMAS LAWLER , ROBERT LAWLER , CHET KUEBLER , BILL PEBLEY , G." WHITEY" EARP , JIM EPPERLY , HARLEY HESSE , HERBERT DAVIS , ,EDWARD STRINGER ( FIRE CHIEF )
ROBERT BRUNOT ( TRAINING OFFIICER ) , ROBERT DE GROFF , JAMES HEYING ( ASSISTANT CHIEF ) , DICK PEBLEY , ELDRID LAMB , JAMES HUND , N. NELSON , FRANK "FRENCHY" LE SOUT
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN AND OFFICERS 1960 ANAHEIM FIRE STN. NO 2

CHIEF ED STRINGER & JOHN SAENGER AT HQ. 115 E. BROADWAY

ROOKIE CLASS OF 1963 , AT STN. 2 DRILL TOWER , 610 N. BROOKHURST

NOT SHOWN --TRAINING OFFICERS B/C BOB BRUNOT , CAPT. JIM STARR , CAPT. LEONARD JENNINGS BACK ROW ------ FRED FOSSEK , BOB SCHROEDER , DOUG BEERY , DARREL WALLACE , MARTY THOMPSON , PHIL OSBORNE - SECOND ROW - LEE WATERS , BOB CAFFREY , DENNIS CLARK , ED DASCOMB , TOM KRESAL , BOB JOHNSON , TIM HEALY - FRONT ROW ---- DENNIS PROUD , WARREN HILL , BILL CAMPBELL , BOB HERNANDEZ , - DAN WATERS , ROGER STRICKLAND , HAROLD THURBER , BERT HORN

Old Station 2-Rookie Class , June 1965

Gary Evert, Ray Radford, Anthony Pilon, Rudy Weyland, John Ford ,Al Kurpjuweit, Don Penfield, Web Whitlock, Alex Maclean, Klaus Berger, John Dobson, Dick Hentschell

Rookies 1967

Cheif Gessler, John Edwards, Ken Mellon, Alvin Vanhulzen, Larry Dixon, Gary Martin, Wayne Hansen, John Ware

Leo Paulson, Ron Steele, Randy Sarver, Bob Greathead, Monty Connell, Jerry Laid, Ron Hamric, Chief Brunot

End of hot summer day - rookie class extinguished an illegal burn of Orange trees and State College and Wagner on land soon to have new houses