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View showing TFD personnel fighting fire at the Westcott Building from an aerial ladder - Tallahassee, Florida.

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Image Number

TFD0315

Photographer

Tallahassee Fire Department.

Date

1969-04-28

Date Note

Photographed on April 28, 1969.

Collection

Tallahassee Fire Department collection
N2009-4, Box 3

Physical Description

1 photonegative - b&w - 8 x 10 in.

General Note

The fire started in the "Art Studio" area, where paint and flammable materials were stored, on the fourth floor directly over the entrance to the 60-year-old building. Captain Ridgway Coe and Lieutenant Jesse J. Freeman Jr. were treated for burns and released from Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.

The Tallahassee Fire Department provides emergency services from fires and fire hazards, as well as first response to biological, chemical and radioactive hazards. Its mission is to prevent or minimize the loss of life and property, protect the environment, assist in cooperative emergency medical services, mitigate the consequences of natural and unforeseen disasters, and provide non-emergency support services, through professional and effective delivery, to all who live, visit, work or invest in the City of Tallahassee and Leon County.

View showing TFD personnel fighting fire at the Westcott Building from an aerial ladder - Tallahassee, Florida.

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Tallahassee Fire Department. View showing TFD personnel fighting fire at the Westcott Building from an aerial ladder - Tallahassee, Florida. 1969-04-28. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/54376>, accessed 28 January 2023.

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Tallahassee Fire Department. View showing TFD personnel fighting fire at the Westcott Building from an aerial ladder - Tallahassee, Florida. 1969-04-28. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 28 Jan. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/54376>

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(State Archives of Florida/Tallahassee Fire Department.)

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View showing TFD personnel fighting fire at the Westcott Building from an aerial ladder - Tallahassee, Florida.