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Captain Jerry Broadwell, a 10 year veteran of the Fire Department died of burns and other injuries sustained in a blaze at the 300 block of North Santa Anita Avenue on August 20, 1975. See VF "Broadwell, Jerry (1928-1975)" for a hard copy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1586
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 24, 1975
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p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Department
Broadwell, Jerry
Item ID
1585AN
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Paramedic Richard Brown was named fire captain. He will take command of Engine Co. 31 at Santa Anita Avenue and Genoa Streets.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1588
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 14, 1987
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 14, 1987
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fire Department
Brown, Richard
Item ID
1587AN
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Captain Ted Nichols has been named the new Arcadia Fire Department Battalion Chief.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1595
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1987
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 15, 1987
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fire Department
Nichols, Ted
Item ID
1594AN
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Arcadia Police Chief L. J. Richards is recovering from a knee injury suffered when he risked his life while trying to subdue a wild cow on the rampage.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper8025
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 30, 1932
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p. A1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 30, 1932
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p. A1
Subjects
Police
Richards, L. J.
Item ID
7985AN
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Correction of article of July 6, 1982: The Council actually voted to refer the ordinance back to the City Attorney to include the latest recommendations made by Fire Chief Jerry Gardner. He will return the amended ordinance to the Council at their next meeting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1601
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 11, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 11, 1982
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p. A-1
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
1600AN
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Don Alcorn, a 20-year veteran of the Arcadia Police Department, has been named to the new post of Emergency Services Coordinator by the Arcadia City Council. Alcorn's job is to prepare an emergency plan that will cover any aspect of any possible disaster, from earthquake to fire to nuclear disaster.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1526
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 26, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Emergency Services Coordinator
Alcorn, Don
Item ID
1525AN
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Tabulation of returns from a planning survey questionnaire sent to every 4th home in Arcadia shows that crime prevention is the #1 priority of Arcadia citizens. Next in line was street lighting. About 700 of the mailed questionnaires have been returned.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper994
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19, 1975
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p. A-1
Subjects
City Council 1970 - 1979
Item ID
994AN
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Gerry Woods, who is in the process of recovering from an almost fatal gunshot wound to the head last year, went in a wheel chair to receive his certificate of graduation from Foothills Junior High School.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 18, 1992
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p. A-1
Subjects
Woods, Gerald Jr.
Item ID
81AN
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The foundation plans to raise $75,000 this year ($30,000 more than last year) with a new strategy that entails direct pleas for contribution from families of Arcadia school students as well as from businesses in the community.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper484
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 24, 1985
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p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 24, 1985
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Educational Foundation
Item ID
484AN
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The Children's Room will be completely refurbished - partly with city funds and partly from a drive headed by Mayor Charles Gilb. It will be renamed the Jerry Broadwell Children's Library as a memorial to Fire Captain Jerry Broadwell who died in a fire in August 1975.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1946
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19 ,1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 19 ,1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library 1961 -
Gilb, Charles
Item ID
1942AN
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Arcadia firemen warned local residents to be particularly concerned with fire dangers in the wake of a garage fire that did $40,000 damage at 231 Carolwood Drive, threatening nearby homes and brush-covered hillsides.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1607
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1987
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
1606AN
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Arcadia Paramedics have been asked to assist in field training of paramedic trainees from PCC. The Fire Chief said that there is great reluctance to do so, but agreed that Arcadia Paramedics received their training from Los Angeles County and Beverly Hills Fire Departments and should repay this service by helping new trainees.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1569
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 24, 1974
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 24, 1974
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p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
1568AN
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Chief wants new fire station built. After a year of study using computer technology, Arcadia Fire Chief Jerry Gardner has recommended to the City Council that a fourth fire station be built in vicinity of Sixth and Live Oak Avenues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1581
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1982
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1982
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p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
1580AN
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The family of Captain Jerry Broadwell, who died while fighting a fire in August, is suing the company whose building was gutted for storing flammable material in an illegal and careless manner. See VF "Broadwell, Jerry (1928-1975)" for a hard copy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1587
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 30, 1975
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 30, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Department
Broadwell, Jerry
Item ID
1586AN
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Arcadia Fire Chief Gerald Gardner said that 735 of all calls received by the Fire Department in the past five years have been for paramedics.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1583
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1989
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1989
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p. A-1
Subjects
Fire Department
Item ID
1582AN
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Jim Bateson, as fire prevention specialist, frequently gives talks at schools and clubs on fire prevention. He is also involved in arson investigation.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1585
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 3, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 3, 1981
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fire Department
Bateson, Jim
Item ID
1584AN
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A revised city law now requires fire sprinklers in all new homes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper84
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 21, 1992
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 21, 1992
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p. A-1
Subjects
Fires and Fire Prevention
Item ID
84AN
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Arcadia Police Captain Gordon Schneiders will retire from a 23-year career June 27, 1986.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2249
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 8, 1986
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 8, 1986
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p. A-1
Subjects
Police - Schneiders, Gordon
Item ID
2222AN
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Fire Chief Bob Dick will retire February 17 after nearly 27 years with the Arcadia Fire Department.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1592
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1977
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p. A-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 30, 1977
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Fire Department
Dick, Bob
Dick, Robert
Item ID
1591AN
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Darren Williams saved his family's two-story home from going up in flames when he advised his flustered parents to use the fire extinguisher.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3625
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 8, 1989
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p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Williams, Darren
Item ID
3500AN
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