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Street railway proposition lost; Council wraps up business – December 28, 1891

Posted by By Posted in1891
Final meeting of the Council of 1891 Fire Chief allowed to order caps for the whole department from New York, as “they are not manufactured in this city”. A Trades…
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Police, firemen to get free first aid training – December 15, 1890

Police, firemen to get free first aid training – December 15, 1890

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St. Johns Ambulance Association offers free first aid training to police and fire departments. The Police Committee request that W.S. Patterson be authorized to receive and execute writs, rather than…
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Fire department salaries established  – May 5, 1890

Fire department salaries established – May 5, 1890

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Salaries set for 23 fire department employees ranging from $15 to $75 per month. All sewer connections to be seen by Health Inspector before pipes can be laid. C.B. Higginson…
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Vancouver Hospital staff 1893

Salaries set for firemen, nurses – September 02, 1889

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Establishment of professional fire department. Chief engineer J. H. Carlyle’s salary was set at $75 per month; firemen, stokers and drivers were paid $40; and additional on-call men were paid…
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Wanted: one Fire Chief, two Engineers, two Drivers, and two Stokers – August 19, 1889

Wanted: one Fire Chief, two Engineers, two Drivers, and two Stokers – August 19, 1889

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Purchase of “another patent collar and harness” for the fire department was approved, as was was the placing of job advertisements for the first paid Fire Department employees, “one Chief,…
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