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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Fire Apparatus

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Fire Department Central Files

 Series
Identifier: 2801-03
Scope and Contents note Central file maintained by Fire Department administration. Combined with other record series from the department, the records present a very complete history of the Department, including changing technology and its local and national context. The change from horse-driven wagons to motorized vehicles is documented as well as the Departments’ participation in the Puget Sound Urban Search and Rescue group which traveled throughout the country in the 1990s to assist with various disasters. The...
Dates: 1890-2003

Fire Department Monthly Appropriation Record

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 2811-06
Scope and Contents note

Record of monthly expenditures for apparatus, equipment, supplies, maintenance, and services. Includes date; requisition, and voucher order numbers; and amount of order by type of expenditure.

Dates: 1911-1924