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SiG MT 65 Left: Fire Department uniforms 1893. Right: Police Department uniforms 1904 e department has had twenty fire chiefs with A. J. Trodick serving 17 years from 1916 to 1933. Later his grandson became a fire fighter casualty when a fire truck accidently rolled over him when he jumped off the back of the truck, got tangled in hose, and fell beneath the truck. In 1966 Clifford L. Peterson died at a working fire of a heart aack while trying to establish a water supply. In 2017, the fire department had 62 fire fighters, 5 administrators, and 2 administrative assistants. Every fire fighter is an emergency medical technician (EMT), and 24 are paramedics. For both departments, efficiency, training, advanced technology, and dedicated personnel make these departments ready to serve the people of Great Falls. Custom Exhaust Daves ' Daves ' 406-727-7970 406-727-7970 600 1st Avenue South • Great Falls, MT davesintegrity2007@gmail.com TAKINʼ IT TO THE STREETS A display at the History Museum shows how a hook and ladder was used. Photograph by Suzanne Waring Visit the History Museum exhibit that is displaying photographs and examples of early-day equipment of the Great Falls' Police and Fire Rescue Departments. History Museum hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Tuesday-Friday. Admission is free. A life-long interest in communications made Suzanne Waring first a college instructor and then a writer. She lives in Great Falls and writes about Montana people and their communities. S MT

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