Portland (Maine) Fire Department

[mack]

Early PFD video - firehouses, apparatus, responses; backing apparatus back into quarters w/horses:

Portland Fire Department History

 

[johnd248]

I was thinking Portland, CT, but I don't think they have that many houses.  Portland, ME probably doesn't either.

 

[CFDMarshal]

Oregon it is. I have seen another video showing some of the same houses.

 

[mack]

Sorry guys - Portland Oregon

 

[don333]

Sorry to differ, but after goggling several of the locations mentioned i the film I believe that his is Portland, Maine

 

[memory master]

Ok, just to keep the conversation and guessing going, how about Portland Pennsylvania?

 

[mack]

Don 33 - You are right!  Portland Maine

More pictures from Portland ME:

http://jednet207.tripod.com/HistoricPortlandMaine.html

 

[mack]

PFD history:
http://www.ci.portland.me.us/fire/history.asp

http://www.portlandfiremuseum.com/

PFD Local 740 site:
http://portlandfirefighters.com/archives/annual%20reports/annual%20reports.html