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Home Safety

Date5/4/1965
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Original Toronto Star caption: Home Safety: Firemen show how; Doing inspection rounds for the Toronto fire department are firefighters Bill Porter (left) and Kenneth Hodgins pointing at an empty light bulb outside Melbourne Ave. home.
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112355F
L to R Safety Inspection Etob. Capt E Stoll Lawson Biggar, Mrs Thomas Nicoloff and daughter Jackie 56 Prennan Av
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Suited for his work, Wearing an asbestos safety suit complete with its own supply of air, Alan Larimer safely walks through the flames of an oil fire (...)
Suited for his work, Wearing an asbestos safety suit complete with its own supply of air, Alan Larimer safely walks through the flames of an oil fire (...)
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Right at home: The new $600,000 fire station on Parkway Forest Dr. in Don Mills blends right in with townhouses and high-rises of the neighborhood - a(...)
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5/4/1983
Gasping for air, Capt. William Porter emerges from flaming Wilkins home after a fruitless search on hands and knees for children trapped inside by the fire
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12/20/1965
Fire chief Jim Cannon lets his 6-year-old son, Scott, try out the department's new $26,000 fire truck. Caledon East, Ontario
Fire chief Jim Cannon lets his 6-year-old son, Scott, try out the department's new $26,000 fire truck. Caledon East, Ontario
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Opening of Fire Hall Station No.7. Caledon, Ontario
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Bay St., east side, looking south from Temperance St., Toronto, Ontario
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1912 circa
Firemen pay last respects to one of their own, Draped in the Canadian flag and banked with flowers, the coffin of Toronto Fire Capt. Jack Leslie Armst(...)
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3/10/1974
Bob's golden touch: For 13 years former fireman Bob Kendall has been putting the special artistic touches on the Toronto Fire Department's trucks, uniforms, tools and helmets
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Capt. Norman Kelly, He waited for his chance
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Charles Chambers Retired Toronto Fire Chief
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'For rent -- one firehall', With a window shopper's eye, and a pencil tucked behind his ear in case he decides to do some fast rental Calculations, pa(...)
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