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The town of Key West was settled in 1834, the year after Dubuque's founding. There was plenty of timber, prairie land and streams for water in section 12 of Table Mound Township, in Dubuque County, on the road that became the Old Military Road. Key West's population was 56 in 1902, [2] and 52 in 1915. [3]
The wife of former Fire Chief Joseph (Bum) Farto -- Key West’s most infamous fugitive, who skipped town in 1976 three days after his conviction on drug-dealing crimes -- wants her husband to be ...
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The Great Fire of Key West was a major fire that destroyed a significant portion of the city of Key West in 1886. It was the largest and most devastating fire in Key West history. [2] The fire began in a coffee shop next to the San Carlos Institute. It burned for 12 hours over 50 acres (20 ha), destroyed most of the commercial area of the city ...
Pages in category "Fire stations on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Early election results showed the Key Peninsula Fire Department’s maintenance and operations levy failing Tuesday night. Proposition No. 1 - Property Tax Levy for Maintenance and Operation ...
Fighting a fire in New York City, 1869 illustration. On 1 April 1853, Cincinnati, Ohio featured the first career fire department made up of 100% full-time employees. In 2015, 70% of firefighters in the United States were volunteers. Only 4% of calls regarded actual fires, while 64% regarded medical aid, and 8% were false alarms. [6]
The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is a labor union representing paid full-time firefighters and emergency medical services personnel in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL–CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada.