Title: Green Bay (Wis.). Fire Dept.: Log Books and Fire Record Books
Inclusive Dates: 1899-1993

Creator:

• Green Bay (Wis.). Fire Dept.

Call Number: Brown Series 176

Quantity: 52 reels of microfilm (35 mm)

Repository:

Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Record of fire department engine runs consisting of log books, 1899-1927, 1954-1993; fire record books, 1923-1954; and maps of Green Bay's west side, circa 1980.

Note:

Available only on microfilm.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-brow0176

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The records are divided into four series: LOG BOOKS, MISCELLANEOUS LOG BOOKS, FIRE RECORDS and MAPS. The volume numbers were assigned by WHS as a convenient way to facilitate microfilming and do not imply any order. The Fire Books are more informative for documenting the day-to-day activities of the Fire Department than the Log Books.

The LOG BOOKS are in two chronological sequences: 1899-1927 and 1954-1993. From 1967-1976 there are separate books for fire station #1 and fire station #2. MISCELLANEOUS LOG BOOKS are those that do not fit into either of these sequences and arranged by the date of the first entry. The LOG BOOKS from 1899-1927 contain a daily record of the duty roster and the cost of meals. Some fire calls and other notations (usually concerning equipment) are listed within the rosters and include the time the fire truck left and returned and the location of the fire. By the time of the 1954-1993 sequence of books, the information about meals was dropped and more details of the fire calls were added. Also the volumes appear to be more of dispatcher's log books for squad calls rather than fire station records. The gap in log books, 1928-1953 is covered by the FIRE RECORDS, which contain more substantial information than the log books.

FIRE RECORDS, 1928-1953, typically contain the date of the fire call, alarm (phone or box), location, time, names of building's owners and occupants, type of building, cause, equipment used, value of the structure and contents, and remarks. Later records are more detailed about types of equipment used and include first aid administered.

The MAPS of Green Bay may have been created in 1939 and revised periodically through 1980. The volume consists of several maps, each showing an area of the city. Notations indicate all main valves, tapping sleeves and valves, reducers, hydrants and hydrant valves, and size of hydrant valves. The maps also indicate building locations and railroads.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Larry Erdmann via the Neville Museum, 1999. Accession Number: C1999/017

Brown Series 176	Series: Log Books, 1899-1927, 1954-1971
Volume   1 Reel/Item   1/1	1899 August 4-1900 May 24
Volume   2 Reel/Item   1/2	1901 April 2-1902 April 2
Volume   3 Reel/Item   1/3	1902 April 3-1903 February 8
Volume   5 Reel/Item   2/1	1903 February 9-1904 June 2
Volume   8 Reel/Item   2/4	1904 June 3-1905 March 2
Volume   9 Reel/Item   3/1	1905 March 28-1906 January 15
Volume   10 Reel/Item   3/2	1906 January 16-1906 November 3
Volume   11 Reel/Item   3/3	1906 November 4-1907 August 28
Volume   12 Reel/Item   3/4	1907 August 29-1908 September 30
Volume   13 Reel/Item   4/1	1908 October 1-1910 February 12
Volume   14 Reel/Item   4/2	1910 February 15-1911 March 15
Volume   15 Reel/Item   4/3	1915 November 9-1916 December 11
Volume   16 Reel/Item   5/1	1919 October 5-1920 July 31
Volume   17 Reel/Item   5/2	1920 August 1-1921 December 13
Volume   18 Reel/Item   5/3	1921 December 14-1923 April 27
Volume   20 Reel/Item   6/2	1923 April 28-1924 September 8
Volume   22 Reel/Item   7/1	1924 September 9-1925 July 5
Volume   23 Reel/Item   7/2	1925 July 6-1926 May 1
Volume   25 Reel/Item   7/4	1927 February 2-1927 December 16
Volume   37 Reel/Item   10/1	1954 August 24-1956 April 30
Volume   40 Reel/Item   11/2	1956 May 1-1957 August 31
Volume   43 Reel/Item   13/1	1957 September 1-1958 December 31
Volume   45 Reel/Item   14/1	1959 January 1-1959 October 18
Volume   47 Reel/Item   15/1	1959 October 19-1960 July 26
Volume   49 Reel/Item   16/1	1960 July 27-1961 April 25
Volume   53 Reel/Item   18/1	1964 April 6-1964 December 31
Volume   55 Reel/Item   19/1	1965 January 1-1965 September 2
Volume   56 Reel/Item   19/2	1965 September 3-1966 May 2
Volume   57 Reel/Item   20/1	1966 May 3-1966 December 18
Volume   58 Reel/Item   20/2	1966 December 19-1967 August 28
Volume   60 Reel/Item   21/2	1967 August 28-1968 April 24
Volume   62 Reel/Item   22/2	1968 April 24-1968 December 21
Volume   63 Reel/Item   23/1	1968 December 21-1969 August 22
Volume   65 Reel/Item   24/1	1969 August 22-1970 April 1
Volume   66 Reel/Item   24/2	1970 April 1-1970 October 31
Volume   67 Reel/Item   25/1	1970 November 1-1971 June 1
	Fire Station #1
Volume   69 Reel/Item   26/1	1971 June 1-1971 December 25
Volume   70 Reel/Item   26/2	1971 December 25-1972 July 9
Volume   72 Reel/Item   27/2	1972 July 10-1972 December 31
Volume   73 Reel/Item   28/1	1973 January 1-1973 July 6
Volume   75 Reel/Item   29/1	1973 July 6-1974 January 16
Volume   76 Reel/Item   29/2	1974 January 16-1974 August 7
Volume   78 Reel/Item   30/2	1974 August 8-1975 March 2
Volume   79 Reel/Item   31/1	1975 March 2-1975 August 29
Volume   81 Reel/Item   32/1	1975 August 29-1976 March 10
Volume   82 Reel/Item   32/2	1976 March 11-1976 September 27
Volume   83 Reel/Item   33/1	1976 September 27-1977 April 21
Volume   84 Reel/Item   33/2	1977 April 21-1977 November 15
Volume   85 Reel/Item   34/1	1977 November 15-1978 June 1
Volume   86 Reel/Item   34/2	1978 June 1-1978 December 21
Volume   87 Reel/Item   35/1	1978 December 22-1979 July 10
Volume   88 Reel/Item   35/2	1979 July 10-1980 January 17
Volume   89 Reel/Item   36/1	1980 January 17-1980 July 20
Volume   90 Reel/Item   36/2	1980 July 21-1981 January 29
Volume   91 Reel/Item   37/1	1981 January 29-1981 August 30
Volume   92 Reel/Item   37/2	1981 August 31-1982 April 6
Volume   93 Reel/Item   38/1	1982 April 6-1982 November 1
Volume   94 Reel/Item   38/2	1982 November 1-1983 June 7
Volume   95 Reel/Item   39/1	1983 June 8-1984 January 5
Volume   96 Reel/Item   39/2	1984 January 5-1984 August 17
Volume   97 Reel/Item   40/1	1984 August 17-1985 April 6
Volume   98 Reel/Item   40/2	1985 April 6-1985 November 16
Volume   99 Reel/Item   41/1	1985 November 17-1986 June 23
Volume   100 Reel/Item   41/2	1986 June 24-1987 January 24
Volume   101 Reel/Item   42/1	1987 January 29-1987 August 28
Volume   102 Reel/Item   42/2	1987 August 29-1988 March 28
Volume   104 Reel/Item   43/2	1988 March 29-1988 October 25
Volume   105 Reel/Item   44/1	1988 October 25-1989 July 1
Volume   106 Reel/Item   44/2	1989 July 1-1990 March 15
Volume   111 Reel/Item   47/1	1990 March 15-1990 November 13
Volume   113 Reel/Item   48/1	1990 November 14-1991 August 1
Volume   116 Reel/Item   49/2	1991 August 21-1992 April 29
Volume   118 Reel/Item   50/2	1992 April 30-1993 January 4
	Fire Station #2
Volume   59 Reel/Item   21/1	1967 January 1-1968 April 20
Volume   61 Reel/Item   22/1	1968 April 21-1969 August 15
Volume   64 Reel/Item   23/2	1969 August 15-1970 October 31
Volume   68 Reel/Item   23/2	1970 November 1-1972 January 28
Volume   71 Reel/Item   27/1	1972 January 29-1973 April 23
Volume   74 Reel/Item   28/2	1973 April 24-1974 April 28
Volume   77 Reel/Item   30/1	1974 April 29-1975 April 22
Volume   80 Reel/Item   31/2	1975 April 24-1976 April 12
	Series: Miscellaneous Log Books, 1902-1993	⇧
Volume   4 Reel/Item   1/4	1902 July 1-1903 December 17
Volume   6 Reel/Item   2/2	1903 September 30-1904 October 18 Note: #3 Hose company
Volume   7 Reel/Item   2/3	1903 December 14-1904 December 31
Volume   21 Reel/Item   6/3	1923 September 23-1926 June 14
Volume   24 Reel/Item   7/3	1926 June 15-1927 September 12
Volume   123 Reel/Item   51/4	1954 January 1-1963 January 7 Note: #92 pump report
Volume   124 Reel/Item   51/5	1954 August 2-1955 February 5 Note: squad report
Volume   125 Reel/Item   51/6	1956 January 1-1965 October 1 Note: squad report
Volume   51 Reel/Item   17/1	1962 January 19-1962 October 9 Note: pump #1 report
Volume   126 Reel/Item   51/7	1964 November 1-1964 December 31 Note: pump #92 report
Volume   103 Reel/Item   43/1	1988 January 4-1992 September 9
Volume   107 Reel/Item   45/1	1989 January 1-1990 March 24
Volume   108 Reel/Item   45/2	1990 January 1-1993 April 21
Volume   109 Reel/Item   46/1	1990 February 26-1991 May 24
Volume   112 Reel/Item   47/2	1990 August 25-1991 April 21
Volume   114 Reel/Item   48/2	1991 April 22-1992 June 23
Volume   115 Reel/Item   49/1	1991 June 24-1992 October 18
Volume   117 Reel/Item   50/1	1991 September 27-1993 April 21
Volume   119 Reel/Item   50/3	1992 June 24-1993 April 21
Volume   120 Reel/Item   51/1	1992 August 6-1993 April 19
Volume   121 Reel/Item   51/2	1992 October 18-1993 April 21
Volume   122 Reel/Item   51/3	1992 December 5-1993 April 20
	Series: Fire Books, 1923-1954	⇧
Volume   19 Reel/Item   6/1	1923 January-1927 December 31
Volume   26 Reel/Item   8/1	1928 January 1-1931 January 3
Volume   27 Reel/Item   8/2	1931 January 1-1933 December 30
Volume   28 Reel/Item   8/3	1934 January 1-1936 October 30
Volume   29 Reel/Item   8/4	1936 November 1-1938 September 22
Volume   30 Reel/Item   8/5	1941 June 15-1943 December 31
Volume   31 Reel/Item   8/6	1944 January 1-1945 December 31
Volume   32 Reel/Item   9/1	1946 January 1-1947 December 31
Volume   33 Reel/Item   9/2	1948 January 1-1949 October 25
Volume   34 Reel/Item   9/3	1949 October 26-1951 June 1
Volume   35 Reel/Item   9/4	1951 June 1-1952 October 31
Volume   36 Reel/Item   9/5	1952 November 1-1954 April 13
Reel   52	Series: Maps of Green Bay	⇧