Costco to Host Book Signing for Local Prescott Fire Department Author

PRESCOTT, Ariz. - Sept. 17, 2014 - PRLog -- Founded in 1885, the Prescott Fire Department began with four 25-man volunteer companies, the Dudes, the Toughs, the Mechanics Hook & Ladders, and the O.K.s. These 100 men reflected both the common man and the leaders of the region. Over the years, their numbers would include governors-to-be F.A. Tritle and Thomas Campbell, business leaders H.D. Aitken and A.A. “Tony” Johns, and numerous members of the Goldwater family. The department and its community survived the great fire of July 14, 1900, as well as the loss of 19 of its own Granite Mountain Hotshots on June 30, 2013. The Prescott Fire Department would go from a volunteer department to a fully paid department of 80 firefighters, operating out of five stations and covering an area of 40 square miles.

The book includes eight chapters covering Arizona’s First Department, A Mechanized Fleet, The Changing Stations and Fleet, Firefighters and Chiefs, Noteworthy Fires, Special Operations and Practices, Wildland, and Excellence in Service.

Highlights of Prescott Fire Department include:

·         The book covers the history of Arizona’s oldest fire department, some its earliest members, such as the Goldwaters, being influential leaders in not just Prescott, but the state of Arizona.

·         Materials in the book came largely from the department’s own collections of stories, photographs, and scrapbooks.

·         One quarter of the photographs originated from Sharlot Hall Museum and their catalog numbers are provided, making ordering prints from the museum a snap.

Join the Author for a Book Signing!

Where:  Costco

3911 Highway 69, Prescott AZ 86301

When: Sunday, September 21^st, 2014; 1:00 p.m.—3:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online (http://www.arcadiapublishing.com/9781467131780/Prescott-F...).

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Prescott Fire Department

by Eric Conrad Jackson

Images of America Series

128 pages/ softcover

Available: August 25,  2014