Marin Fire History Project
Marin County, California
hosted by the Marin County Fire Chiefs Association
a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization founded in the late 1950's, successor to the Marin County Association of Fire Departments, founded in 1928
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A history project hosted by the Marin County Fire Chiefs Association, in memory of all members and families of the Marin County Fire Service who have served and gone before us.
"Never Forget"
1929-early 1970's
1963-present
Preserving and sharing historical biographies, information, photographs, documents, and film about the Marin County, California Fire Service.
Marin Fire History by the Marin County Fire Chiefs Association is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Based on a work at www.marinfirehistory.org. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.marinfirehistory.org. Use our contact page for inquiries.
With great thanks to the organizations and people who have been key sources for historical material, including the Anne T. Kent California Room collection at the Marin County Free Library, managed by Laurie Thompson with Carol Acquaviva; the San Anselmo Library and San Anselmo Herald collection; the Sausalito News collection; the Sausalito Historical Society, the California Historical Society; the California Digital Newspaper Collection; the Marin Independent Journal; the Lucretia Hanson Little collection at the Mill Valley Library; the Marin History Museum; the Tomales Regional History Center; Marin Historian and author Dewey Livingston; the Nicasio Museum & History Guild; the Larkspur Historical and Heritage Preservation group; the Corte Madera Historical Society; the Sausalito Historical Society; the National Fire Heritage Center, with President, fire historian, and author Chief Ronny J. Coleman; the Santa Rosa Press Democrat; the Oakland Tribune; the San Francisco Call; the San Francisco Examiner; the San Francisco Chronicle; the Tiburon-Belvedere Historical Society; the Novato Historical Guild; the Novato Museum; along with all of the active fire departments in Marin County and many retired firefighters and their families. This list will be expanded over time as we conduct more research.
Marin Fire History by the Marin County Fire Chiefs Association is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Based on a work at www.marinfirehistory.org. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.marinfirehistory.org. Use our contact page for inquiries.
With great thanks to the organizations and people who have been key sources for historical material, including the Anne T. Kent California Room collection at the Marin County Free Library, managed by Laurie Thompson with Carol Acquaviva; the San Anselmo Library and San Anselmo Herald collection; the Sausalito News collection; the Sausalito Historical Society, the California Historical Society; the California Digital Newspaper Collection; the Marin Independent Journal; the Lucretia Hanson Little collection at the Mill Valley Library; the Marin History Museum; the Tomales Regional History Center; Marin Historian and author Dewey Livingston; the Nicasio Museum & History Guild; the Larkspur Historical and Heritage Preservation group; the Corte Madera Historical Society; the Sausalito Historical Society; the National Fire Heritage Center, with President, fire historian, and author Chief Ronny J. Coleman; the Santa Rosa Press Democrat; the Oakland Tribune; the San Francisco Call; the San Francisco Examiner; the San Francisco Chronicle; the Tiburon-Belvedere Historical Society; the Novato Historical Guild; the Novato Museum; along with all of the active fire departments in Marin County and many retired firefighters and their families. This list will be expanded over time as we conduct more research.
The devastating 1929 Mill Valley Fire, as seen from Sausalito. Photograph by Harold R. Henry, courtesy of the Lucretia Little History Room, Mill Valley Public Library.
Multiple Marin County FD's used high pressure pumps into the 1970's.
Kentfield FPD's new station, 1960's, at the top of the ad for hose washers and driers.
