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Arcadia fire-fighting facilities expanded through a third station on Orange Grove Avenue. Chief James M. Nellis reports activities of fire fighters.

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Newspaper: The Journal

Date: March 22, 1950

Pages: p. 5; (See basement box 112.)

Newspaper: The Journal

Date: March 22, 1950

Pages: p. 5; (See basement box 112.)

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department; Nellis, James

Item ID: 33195AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Portrait of Jim Nellis, engineer with Arcadia Fire Department.

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Date: 1917

1 image

Date: 1917

Subjects: Fire Department; Nellis, Jim M.

Physical Description: 3x5 b&w vertical

ID: 248

Collection: Photographs

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Chief Jim Nellis and A.A. Mussachia posing with Arcadia's first fire truck. Tires appear to be solid rubber. Location of this firehouse probably in part of City Hall facility at First and Huntington Drive.

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Date: c.1927 (license plate)

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Date: c.1927 (license plate)

Subjects: Mussachia, Anist; Nellis, Jim M.; Fire Department

Physical Description: 5x7 b&w

ID: 242

Collection: Photographs

Images

Five men with fire and police vehicles outside City Hall at NW corner of First and Huntington Drive. Left to right: Grady Pardue (on motorcycle), Jim Nellis standing on running board of fire engine (Fire Chief), Anist Mussachia (fireman), Albert Matthies (police -- killed approaching car of three men planning hold up of ODETTES which was previous name of Pines Cafe on Huntington Drive). The man on extreme right in business suit is Chief of Police and Fire Marshall, A. N. Coberly. Photo taken at City Hall, NW corner of First and Huntington Drive, it is believed.

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Date: c.1926

1 image

Date: c.1926

Subjects: Fire Department; Police Department; Pardue, Grady; Nellis, Jim M.; Mussachia, Anist; Matthies, Albert; Coberly, A.N.

Physical Description: 5x7 sepia, 8x10 b&w

ID: 435

Collection: Photographs

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Portraits of five members of the Arcadia Fire Department, taken from a page of the "Arcadia Police and Firemen Relief Association Annual Souvenir" (see Arcadia VF-Police-Archives). Pictured are Frank Hinman, Walter Best, Leo C. Bertolina, A.A Mussachia, and Jim M. Nellis.

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Date: 1927

1 image

Date: 1927

Subjects: Fire Department; Police Department; Hinman, Frank; Best, Walter; Bertolina, Leo; Mussachia, A.A.; Nellis, Jim M.

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 1337

Collection: Photographs

Images

Formal photo of Arcadia Police Department. Back row left to right: Ross E. "Med" Cayer, Leo Bertolina, L. Jack Richards (chief of police), Henry W. Haines (father of George, later in charge of Mutuel windows at Santa Anita), Paul Edwards. Motorcycle officers, left to right: Jack Stine, Grady Pardue, Donald Ott. Standing in back: Jim Nellis, Fire Chief. Taken by police station on Wheeler Street. Identified September 9, 1970 by Bill Orr, former Police Chief.

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Date: April 17, 1932

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Date: April 17, 1932

Subjects: Bertolina, Leo; Cayer, Ross E. Med; Edwards, Paul; Haines, Henry W; Ott, Donald; Nellis, Jim M; Pardue, Grady; Police Department; Richards, Louis Jack; Stine, Jack

Physical Description: 8x10 b&w

ID: 427

Collection: Photographs

Images

The Arcadia City Council has agreed to create new positions for deputy fire chief and fire division chief in the fire department. The salary range is $93,000-116,000 for the deputy fire chief and $85,000-105,000 for the fire division chief.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 14, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: November 14, 2002

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department; Jobs; Salaries

Item ID: 30865AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 12, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 12, 1982

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Fire Department

Item ID: 1580AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fire chief Gene Mahoney

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1973

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1973

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Fire Department; Mahoney, Gene

Item ID: 3925AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fire Chief Laurence Way

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 26, 1958 p. 1 (appointed Chief); December 10, 1972 p. 1; February 1, 1973 p. 1 (retires)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 26, 1958 p. 1 (appointed Chief); December 10, 1972 p. 1; February 1, 1973 p. 1 (retires)

Subjects: Fire Department; Way, Laurence

Item ID: 3927AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 24, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Fire Department

Item ID: 1582AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Assistant Fire Chief Mr. L.C. Bertolina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/photographs249

Date: 1917?

1 image

Date: 1917?

Subjects: Fire Department; Bertolina, Leo

Physical Description: 3x5 oval b&w

ID: 247

Collection: Photographs

Images

A profile of the new fire chief Peter Bonano.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 29, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: July 29, 1999

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Bonano, Peter; Fire Department

Item ID: 27175AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Kurt Norwood, retired Fire Chief of Arcadia Fire Department, is interim fire chief for City of Sierra Madre.

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Newspaper: Mountain Views News

Date: February 24, 2018

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Mountain Views News

Date: February 24, 2018

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Sierra Madre Fire Department; Norwood, Kurt

Item ID: 35285AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fire chief John Eshelmann

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 1, 1936 p. 1 (appointed Chief); June 1, 1938 p. 1 (resigns)

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 1, 1936 p. 1 (appointed Chief); June 1, 1938 p. 1 (resigns)

Subjects: Fire Department; Eshelmann, John S.

Item ID: 3924AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fire Chief Michael Lang is leaving Arcadia Fire Department to be Fire Chief at Manhattan Beach. He was with Arcadia Fire Department for 21 years, including 5 as chief. He starts at Manhattan Beach Fire Department on June 21.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 6, 2021

Pages: p. A3, A9

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 6, 2021

Pages: p. A3, A9

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department--employees; Lang, Michael

Collection: Newspaper Index

Pete Bonano has been selected as the new fire chief.

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Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 26, 1999

Pages: p. A1

Newspaper: Pasadena Star News

Date: June 26, 1999

Pages: p. A1

Subjects: Fire Department; Bonano, Pete

Item ID: 14489AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fire Chief Chen Suen. He became the first Asian-American fire chief in the Arcadia Fire Department in November 2022.

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Date: 2022

1 image

Date: 2022

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department-Fire chiefs; Asian Americans; Suen, Chen

Physical Description: color printout, born digital, see P:\Library Photos\images

ID: 2294

Collection: Photographs

Images

Arcadia Fire Chief Pete Bonano has resigned to become fire chief for the city of Beverly Hills. January 1, 2002 will be his last day.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 13, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 8

Newspaper: Arcadia Weekly

Date: December 13, 2001

Pages: p. 1, 8

Subjects: Arcadia Fire Department-Fire Chiefs; Bonano, Pete

Item ID: 33608AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Fire Chief Gene Mahoney, with City Council approval, is instituting an apprentice fireman program, in which the men will take training classes at PCC while actually employees of the Arcadia Fire Department.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1974

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Fire Department

Item ID: 1569AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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Arcadia fire-fighting facilities expanded through a third station on Orange Grove Avenue. Chief James M. Nellis reports activities of fire fighters.

Portrait of Jim Nellis, engineer with Arcadia Fire Department.

Images

Chief Jim Nellis and A.A. Mussachia posing with Arcadia's first fire truck. Tires appear to be solid rubber. Location of this firehouse probably in part of City Hall facility at First and Huntington Drive.

Images

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Portraits of five members of the Arcadia Fire Department, taken from a page of the "Arcadia Police and Firemen Relief Association Annual Souvenir" (see Arcadia VF-Police-Archives). Pictured are Frank Hinman, Walter Best, Leo C. Bertolina, A.A Mussachia, and Jim M. Nellis.

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The Arcadia City Council has agreed to create new positions for deputy fire chief and fire division chief in the fire department. The salary range is $93,000-116,000 for the deputy fire chief and $85,000-105,000 for the fire division chief.

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.

Fire chief Gene Mahoney

Fire Chief Laurence Way

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.

Assistant Fire Chief Mr. L.C. Bertolina.

Images

A profile of the new fire chief Peter Bonano.

Kurt Norwood, retired Fire Chief of Arcadia Fire Department, is interim fire chief for City of Sierra Madre.

Fire chief John Eshelmann

Fire Chief Michael Lang is leaving Arcadia Fire Department to be Fire Chief at Manhattan Beach. He was with Arcadia Fire Department for 21 years, including 5 as chief. He starts at Manhattan Beach Fire Department on June 21.

Pete Bonano has been selected as the new fire chief.

Fire Chief Chen Suen. He became the first Asian-American fire chief in the Arcadia Fire Department in November 2022.

Images

Arcadia Fire Chief Pete Bonano has resigned to become fire chief for the city of Beverly Hills. January 1, 2002 will be his last day.

Fire Chief Gene Mahoney, with City Council approval, is instituting an apprentice fireman program, in which the men will take training classes at PCC while actually employees of the Arcadia Fire Department.