Battalion Chief Ray Lock of the Arcadia Fire Department was honored recently by the City Council on his retirement after 31 years with the department. Biographical sketch.
Night photo of three firemen by Arcadia Fire Department truck surveying a mountain fire north of Arcadia. Standing up on the truck is Jerry Broadwell, killed several years later in a commercial building fire in Arcadia.
Photo taken of Department Heads on the occasion of the retirement of Arcadia Fire Chief Jerry Gardner. Pictured L-R: Mike Miller, Jim Dale, Pat Malloy, Bill Kelly, Ronnie Garner, Kent Ross and Jerry Collins.
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.
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.
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.
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.