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Boys pulling a hose cart (emulating the volunteer fire companies?). Early fire companies used teams of men to pull the hose cart to the site of the fire. They participated in competitions to prove which company had the fastest team.
Santa Cruz City Fire Department Station No. 1 on Center Street was built in 1940.
The Santa Cruz City Fire Department in front of the fire station on Church Street. The department was established in October 1894.
Group portrait of the members of Alert Hose Company, which was an organization of volunteer fire fighters. At that time, hose carts were pulled by teams of men, rather than horses. In 1882, Alert Hose became the State Hose Cart champions in a hose…
Santa Cruz City fire fighters at the fire in the Town Clock tower, August 6, 1995. The clock was dedicated at this location (the convergence of Water, Pacific, Front and River Streets) on July 4, 1976.
John Severio, member of the Santa Cruz Hook and Ladder Company and volunteer Santa Cruz City fire chief, 1888.
Henry (Harry) Skinner. He was a member of the Santa Cruz Hook and Ladder Company and volunteer Santa Cruz City Fire Chief in 1880.
Portrait of Frank Ely, the volunteer foreman of the Santa Cruz Pilot Hose Company, 1889, and the first paid Santa Cruz City Fire Department Chief from 1894-1897.
Enouch (Nooky) Alzina, a member of the Santa Cruz Alert Hose Company and last volunteer fire chief for Santa Cruz City from 1889 to 1894.