On July 10, 2021, family, colleagues, and friends gathered at the LAFD Historical Society Fallen Firefighters’ Memorial Plaza to celebrate the life of Frank W. Borden,
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August 2021
President Jeff Cawdrey called the Meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Firemen’s Relief Association to order at 9:43 a.m.
Continue ReadingLAFD History – The Story of an 1800’s LAFD Chemical Wagon assigned to Fire Station 9
Frank’s Note: Mort Schuman was an electrician/ supervisor at the LAFD shops and instrumental in helping preserve and retain many of the apparatus the LAFDHS have today.
Continue ReadingLAFD History: The Bel Air Fire, November 6, 1961 – Revisited
Sunday, November the 6th, 1961 was hot and windy in Los Angeles. The notorious Santa Ana winds were blowing, and the cold that most of the country was feeling was notably absent in the “City of Angels.”
Continue ReadingLAFD History – “Never Forget” – The World Trade Center Attack, September 11, 2001
It has been 19 years since the attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon and United Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. I write this article for the September Grapevine so that we will remember what happened on the fateful day and not forget the sacrifice so many made.
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