Danny Mills, Citizens Fire by Jim Surkamp
Channel: Jim Surkamp
Date: 2011-03-31

http://citizensfirecompany.com/
joined in January 1966 - lifelong resident - Frank Weller best teacher I had - first early impression of fire company - the most tragic fire was in Ranson (a trailer fire) in '67 between Third and Fourth Avenue - most spectacular fire was the Wright Denny fire, went on for 24 hours - 
the toy factory fire was another 24 hours, the first time I saw a fire tornado - the night six people died at Locust Hill - State's Section 1 was Mr. Frank Weller's pre-basic course almost word-for-word -  best chief I ever served under was Mr. Kenny Willingham  - '29 Chevrolet fire truck - '37 Seagrave Aerial Truck - '64 International - '52 International - '63 Mack - '60 Ward-LaFrance - FWD - '91 Pierce - '72 Chevy Box - '76 Suburban - '89 Rescue. Go to civilwarscholars.com for 700K of footnoted content and 12K images  to accompany these videos made possible with the support of American Public University System more at http://apus.edu Go to civilwarscholars.com for 700K of footnoted content and 12K images  to accompany these videos made possible with the support of American Public University System more at http://apus.edu