page_title: Emery Valentine
section_title: Firefighter
hierarchical_section_title: Emery Valentine / Career / Firefighter
caption_attribution_description: English: Emory Valentine in fire fighter's uniform, ca. 1890.
context_page_description: Emery Valentine was an Alaskan politician and the sixth mayor of Juneau, Alaska, from 1908 to 1912 and from 1917 to 1919. He was also a miner, goldsmith, jeweller, assayer, gunsmith, watchmaker, architect, firefighter, and businessman.
context_section_description: After coming to Juneau, Valentine organized the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department.  At first, the establishment implemented a horse-drawn cart and a hand pump.  Usually, volunteers would form bucket brigades to transport water as well.  Valentine also donated a specialized wagon to the department in 1897; the wagon carried the slogan "You ring the Bell and we'll do the rest".  As mayor, he renovated the department and designed the city's first water system.
caption: Valentine working as firefighter
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