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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 ...
Tulsa Fire Department (1 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Fire departments in Oklahoma" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Bryant was a firefighter starting in 1977 before becoming the fire chief of Oklahoma City from 2005 to 2017. [2] [3] He was also the president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. [4] In May 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Bryant as Administrator of the United States Fire Administration (USFA). [5] [6]
Oklahoma City (/ ˌ oʊ k l ə ˈ h oʊ m ə-/ ⓘ), officially the City of Oklahoma City, and often shortened to OKC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, [9] its population ranks 20th among United States cities and 8th in the Southern United States.
Oruch gave tours in the Museum for over 33 years and is the last one to hold the title of curator. Jim Sanders, a veteran of the Bethany, Oklahoma Fire Department, became the museum director in 2004. Mike Billingsley, a retired firefighter from the Nichols Hills Fire Department, was the next to take the title of museum director in September of ...
On April 19, 1995 Timothy McVeigh carried out the Oklahoma City bombing, which was the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history. McVeigh detonated a Ryder truck bomb at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building which killed 168 people. [8] Oklahoma City Police were the first on scene and began rescue efforts. Sgt.
January 28 – Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, hangar fire, killed 10. June 5 – LaSalle Hotel Fire in Chicago, Illinois, killed 61. June 19 – Hotel Canfield fire in Dubuque, Iowa, killed 19. October 7 - Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
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.