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  2. Carl G. Holmes - Wikipedia

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    Carl G. Holmes (January 6, 1927 – November 24, 2017) was an American firefighter, rising to the rank of assistant fire chief of the Oklahoma City Fire Department. [1] After retiring in 1981 he founded the Carl Holmes Executive Development Institute for Fire Management Training as an alternative to the National Fire Academy , an annual ...

  3. Category:Fire departments in Oklahoma - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 24 February 2020, at 23:01 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  4. Oklahoma State Firefighters Museum - Wikipedia

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    John Knupple was the first Curator of the Firefighters Museum and served from June 1, 1970, until December 31, 1971. In January 1972, Sam Oruch, an active firefighter for the Oklahoma City Fire Department, became the part-time curator; after Oruch retired as a full-time firefighter, he was hired full-time to care for the museum.

  5. Oklahoma City - Wikipedia

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    Interstate 240 connects Interstate 40 and Interstate 44 in south Oklahoma City. At the same time, Interstate 235 spurs from Interstate 44 in north-central Oklahoma City into downtown. Interstate 44, between NW 23rd St and NW 36th St, is the busiest roadway in the city and state, with an average daily traffic count of 167,200 vehicles per day in ...

  6. History of Oklahoma City - Wikipedia

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    This left downtown Oklahoma City in even worse shape than it had been in, with vacant lots where Victorian brownstones once stood. The 1970s and 1980s were periods of stagnation for Oklahoma City proper (and was the case for almost all major cities in the United States) and periods of affluence and explosive development for the suburbs.

  7. Fire department - Wikipedia

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    Fire department vehicles outside a fire station in Middleborough, Massachusetts, United States. A fire department (North American English) or fire brigade (Commonwealth English), also known as a fire company, fire authority, fire district, fire and rescue, or fire service in some areas, is an organization that provides fire prevention and fire suppression services as well as other rescue services.

  8. Government of Oklahoma City - Wikipedia

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    The Oklahoma City Council is non-partisan and its nine members are elected to four-year terms. Oklahoma City is divided into eight wards, and voters in each ward elect a council member to represent that ward. The mayor is the voting member who is elected by all voters of the city, and is the Chief Executive of the City and President of the Council.

  9. Timeline of Oklahoma City - Wikipedia

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    1958 – Oklahoma City sit-ins led by Clara Luper for racial desegregation begin. [21] 1960 Penn Square Mall in business. Population: 324,253. [10] 1962 – Oklahoma City 89ers baseball team formed. 1964 July: Oklahoma City sonic boom tests begin. Founders Tower built. 1965 Central Business District redevelopment plan ("Pei plan") adopted. [12]