Notes
This image probably from Joe Young was in a sleeve dated 1939. We previously saw another image from the same shoot, but it's been long enough and this is a nice view too.
The City Hall building was originally constructed in 1920 to house all city functions including the fire and police departments. I believe the fire station was here until the 1970s when a new station was constructed on Meyer Parkway. I'm sure someone will correct me if I got the chronology wrong.
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The station was downtown until 1992 I believe.
RHD on 22nd January 2019 @ 7:19am
Correction 1986 I believe.
RHD on 22nd January 2019 @ 7:22am
I have fond memories of the siren sounding and one of these trucks grinding up Oak Street picking up store workers on the way to a fire...…….and while living on Prospect hearing the nearby siren go off at noon each day. Father John L spent a lot of time as a volunteer in this station and at West Side.
Arlen Sheldrake on 22nd January 2019 @ 9:23am
I always enjoy the lit gargoyles of this building.
Jim Mason on 23rd January 2019 @ 10:13am
Is the center engine a 1920 LaFrance? Can someone give make model & year of those fire trucks
Roger Sheldrake on 23rd January 2019 @ 12:02pm
Roger this picture is the same group of fire trucks.
Might have been taken the same day.
http://historichoodriver.com/index.php?showimage=249
OrMtnMaid on 24th January 2019 @ 7:17am
They still have the center LaFrance fire truck. The front one looks to be about 1938 Ford.
Tad Johnston on 2nd February 2019 @ 9:15am
Another view of the HRFD when it was a part of City Hall. It remained that up into the early 1960's when I left HR to join the Marine Corps.
Dwaine (Spike) Goodwin on 13th December 2019 @ 10:36am
The Hood River Volunteer Fire Department got a new fire truck in June 1923.
https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn97071110/1923-06-21/ed-1/seq-6/
Jeffrey W Bryant on 19th April 2021 @ 7:16pm