Firefighters in front of Netto’s Red & White Store. This fire was known as the “The Bloom Black Fire.” 1963. Dexter, NY. Related article about volunteer firefighting here. The audio clip is from that story and features John Stano and Corky Marlowe.
Part of the Philadelphia Fire Department fleet. Circa 1940s. Philadelphia, NY. From Bodman Memorial Library Calenders, which used photos from the Philadelphia Historical Society’s archives.
Firefighters at work fighting a fire at the Grove apartments. Circa 1990s. Heuvelton, NY.
Firefighters extinguishing a barn fire in the night. Circa 1990s. Heuvelton, NY.
Firefighters putting out a fire on a barge which was partially sunken in the St. Lawrence River near the ACCO manufacturing plant, just outside Ogdensburg. 1978. Ogdensburg, NY.
Tom Hebert, volunteer firefighter, at the controls of the village fire department’s pumper truck. Circa 1990s. Heuvelton, NY.
Firefighters at Robert D. Johnson residence on the Heuvelton Ogdensburg Road on February 24, 1978, at about 6:30. Originally published in the Ogdensburg Journal. Heuvelton, NY.
Firemen hose down the wreckage of two tractor trailers that collided on Route 11 between Canton and Potsdam, spilling 7500 gallons of gasoline. Feb 20, 1973. Potsdam, NY.
Firemen in Carthage fighting Strand Building fire, March 1945. Carthage, NY. Related article on North Country volunteer firefighters here.
Firemen and other volunteers with snowmobiles in front of the Carthage Fire Hall during the blizzard of 1977, which lasted from January 28 through February 21. Carthage, NY.
