VF Listings

Paid Firefighter - Retired; Interest - Collector of Fire Dept. and company patches - new for new

Interest - Books maps rosters scanners fire toys world-wide fire departments

La Mirada Public Safety Officer - Los Angeles County; Interest - Collect and swap fire apparatus and station photos. Please no slides

Former Lt. - Batavia IL FD; Fire Buff; Member - Fire Buffs of Illinois no forwarding address 12/5/99

Fireman - Sacramento County FD; Interest - Trade/collect fire patches and shirts; Long live leather helmets Dalmatians tillers and mechanical sirens; Member - IAFF #522 SCFA

Curator - County of L.A. Fire Museum; Interest - Patch collection/trade for museum fire memorabilia

Contributing Photographer - American Fire Journal; Freelance photojournalist; Interest - going to and photographing fires

Photographer - Stockton FD; Fire Buff; Interest - Fire/ apparatus photos and publications fire apparatus advertising literature fireboats apparatus models; Favorite era: 20's-50's

Engineer - Orange County FD Retired; Crown Firecoach Enthusiasts; Interest - to establish the California Fire Museum in Orange County CA; SPAAMFAA-CA and National CFMA OCFA CSFA CFE Fire Museum Network California Fire Museum OCFSA; www.Californiafiremuseum.org

Fire Buff Paid Firefighter Lieut. (Ret.); Interest - Early motorization of fire departments; Member - IAFF SPAAMFAA Phoenix Soc. of San Francisco SFBC St. Francis Hook & Ladder Society

Fire Buff Santa Monica FD Photographer; Fire apparatus photography/rosters shoulder patches; Dir. -Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Found; Member - Box 15 Club of LA IFBA CFMA SCAFFW CSFA CA-SPAAMFAA SPAAMFAA So.CA SPAAMFAA: Crown Firecoach Enthusiasts PCS: So. CA Ch. ATHS CA Fire Museum LAFD Hist. Soc.

Ret. Captain/Fire Photographer - Santa Barbara Co. LA Co. FD Vol. Fire Photo Unit Member; Interest - Fire Service photography FS books magazines patches helmets travel; Author-So. Cal. Fire Service Directory; Director: IFPA Region 8; Member - IFPA CFPA IAFF CPF ERS Box 15-LA

Fire Chief - Murrieta Fire Protection District; Owner - Two 1923 Seagrave Engines Serial # 35248 and 35250

Interest - Scanning Department organization; Member - Peninsula Fire Buff Club; Canteen Provider - PFBC

Advanced collector of inverting copper and brass fire extinguishers. Most of the 500 plus different size style and make will soon be on display at the Comstock Firemen's Museum Virginia City Nevada

Fire Buff; Interest - Fire communications scale model apparatus; Member - SPAAMFAA National & California Chapter

Fire Buff; Director - San Jose Fire Museum; Member - IFBA FASCV; Life Member - SPAAMFAA; Interested in Fire Museum operations and fire apparatus restorations

Interest - Photography news photos fire history - Sacramento Fire musters - Virginia City NV Radio frequencies(Scanners)

Business - Two Way Radio Communications; Interest - Collect antique memorabilia & nozzles; Owner - 1979 Pierce Quick Attack Pumper; Member - Calif. & National SPAAMFAA; President - Crown Firecoach Enthusiasts So. Calif. Chapter SPAAMFAA

Fire Captain - Orange County Fire Department; Editor - The ORANGE COUNTY FIREMEN magazine; Member - IAFF Local 1014 CFPA NPPA LA Co. FD Photo Unit; Interest - Fire Service related photography and writing

Retired Firefighter - Nevada City FD; Collect toy fire trucks California fire badges and shoulder patches

Deputy Chief - Emergency Resources of Calif. Interest - Fire Dept. public relations & fire prevention info fire K-9 units photography; Member - CHFA CRPA CFMA and SVFPOA

Firefighter Sierra Madre FD; Fire Buff; Interest - Apparatus photos slides apparatus rosters collect CA badges & helmets; Member - SPAAMFAA Southern Director - CA-SPAAMFAA CSFA Crown Firecoach Enthusiast

Ret. Fire Captain - Fresno F.D.; Interest - FD antiques & apparatus; Member - SPAAMFAA IAFF 753 Museum Chair- man; Owner - 1944 White/Van Pelt Pumper

Fire Buff; Interest - Collect patches and T-shirts from fire departments; Member - Box 15 Club SPAAMFAA Professional Car Society A Search & Rescue Public Service Organization

Interest - Public safety agencies - CA NYC MA Chicago Philadelphia Pittsburg Washington DC Baltimore Seattle Missouri; Collect photos articles brochures related items; Member Box 15 Club Crown Firecoach Enthusiasts

Retired Fire Chief; Life Member - International Fire Chiefs and Calif. Fire Chiefs; Collect fire badges patches helmets and other fire related items

Parent Organization is Pioneer Hook & Ladder Company. Museum is Open Thursday and Friday: 10-2 Saturday and Sunday: 10-4; Members also staff SDFD Canteen (619) 232-FIRE(3473)

2010 Musters: June 5/6 - Firebaugh CA; June 25/26 - Lincoln CA; July 17/18 - Lindsay CA; August 21/22 - Murphy's CA; October 15 - Los Banos CA

California's Fire Notification System - Alpha-numeric paging of fire incidents throughout California as well as our affiliates throughout the US and Canada URL: www.mediapage.com/firepage.htm

Us Navy Aviation Structural Mechanic on F/A-18 aircraft ex-EMT and volunteer firefighter; Interest - Collect all sorts of patches and would love to hear from you

Interests - Any antique fire item from Liberty 1 Virginia 1 Young America 2 Goodwill 2 Eagle 3 Washoe 4 Neptune 5 Yellowjacket 2; Also LBFD and LBFD Junior FD badges

Fire Buffs; Members - SPAAMFAA and California Fire- fighters Historical Society; Interest - Fire related toys books and parts of fire trucks that will fit in our living room

Interest - Apparatus modeling in 1/87 scale apparatus slides & photos sales literature

Fire Protection Engineer PE Calif.; Interest - Toy model fire apparatus buffing monitoring; Member - NFPA SFPE SPAAMFAA ARM IAE; Owner - 2 Wheel Double Reel - (1 1/2+2 1/2) Hand Drawn Wirt & Knox Hose Reel Cart 1930 era: Protected the original Spruce Goose Hangar

Fire Captain; Interest - Trading FD patches one for one(new patches only); Member - Huntington Beach CA FD

Full time Engineer with the Apple Valley Fire Protection District; Interests - patch trading antiques and department histories

Cinematographer/Still Photographer - Fireground films videos photographs ALF apparatus; Member - SPAAMFAA

Collect miniature fire fighting equipment and fire related artifacts and photographs.

Paid Firefighter - Engineer/HazMat - Torrance FD; Interest - Collect glass fire extinguishers and fire memorabilia from early 1900's.

Fire Buff; Interest - Photography model making fire serivce history; Member - SPAAMFAA

California Fire Museum - President; Member - CFE SPAAMFAA Calif Chapter SPAAMFAA OCFSA CSFA

Fire Buff Fire Sprinkler Fitter; Interest - Fireground operation & photography Seagrave apparatus collect fire sprinklers; Owner - 1944 Seagrave 750 and 1984 Seagrave 1500 triple combinations; Member - SPAAMFAA - Calif. National So. Cal. Chpts.

Owner - 1882 Silsby Steamer 1924 ALF Straight Frametiller Truck 1964 ALF Pumper 1890 Seagrave Ladder Truck 1926 ALF 1000 gpm Rotary gear pump

Retired Firefighter; Interest - History of fire services and CFR; Member - British Fire Brigade Society

Volunteer Firefighter - King City VFD; Interest - a general interest in the fire service

Captain - San Jose Fire Department; Interest - FD patches trade memorabilia; antiques

Retired Palo Alto Fire/Police Dispatcher; Retired Palo Alto Fire Incident Dispatch Team Leader; Member - Phoenix Society FASCV Cal-Fire(formerly Calif. Dept. of Forestry and Fire Protection); Volunteer in Fire Prevention (VIP)

Retired Captain - Orange City FD; Interest - Model fire apparatus books old photos model collection shown in Firehouse magazine in Jan. 1979

Photographer/Author & regular contributor to Firehouse; Books include: Fire Trucks In Action Working Fire and FDNY: New York's Bravest; Watch for the first of the Rescue One series of firefighting novels RING OF FIRE coming from DMC Publishing in March 2004

18 years - Cathedral City Vol. Fire Dept. - Old Station 34; Owner - 1958 American LaFrance ex- San Francisco CA Engine 39 1966 International Van Pelt ex-Riverside Co./CDF 1953 REO Port Vue PA w/454 Chevy turbo 400 w/air 1941 United Kenworth ex-Beverly Hills CA

Interest - Fire apparatus and police vehicle photographer fire & police model builder; Member - FAMBA

Firefighter/Driver Operator - Federal FD - San Diego; Interest - Collect toy fire trucks patches badge pins books helmets badges apparatus cards emergency lights extinguishers and other memorabilia; Member IAFF CSFA SAFERS

Buff Chief - The Tanyard Hill Irregulars; Interest - Fire photographer Die Cast Apparatus Collector; Member - National & CA SPAAMFAA

Founder & President - Ahrens Fox Fire Buffs Assn.; Owner - 1953 Ahrens Fox model EC pumper #9160 ex-New Milford NJ; Author/Publisher of 16 books about antique fire apparatus; VF subscriber since 1969. www.affba.org

Author - History of the American Water Towers; VF subscriber for half a century! Water Tower Buff Bill passed away on May 13 2004. This listing is a tribute to Bill's love of fire buffing and the Fire Service. RIP

Battalion Chief - Orange Co. FD; Interest - All antique fire memorabilia with special interest in L.A. area Forker helmets and oak encased alarm gongs

Fire Protection Engineer; Industrial Fire Instructor; Collector of fine Fire related antiques from Western Fire Departments

Takes pictures of Fire Stations for NAPA Firefighters Museum; Member - SFFD Phoenix Society National and CA SPAAMFAA Phoenix Hall of Flame; Former State Fire Warden LA Co. FD