Report on the Improvement of Fire Fighting Facilities, City of Decatur, Illinois

Dublin Core

Title

Report on the Improvement of Fire Fighting Facilities, City of Decatur, Illinois

Subject

Report
fire fighting facilities
improvements
City Manager
City Council
Mayor
City Staff
fire protection
Byrd Davis
Fire Chief
Department of Planning and Development
A.J. Sella
Engineer
National Board of Fire Underwriters
John E. Dever
fire station
maps
graphs
City of Decatur
Decatur, IL
1961

Description

This is a report on the fire facilities of Decatur, IL. It was presented to the Mayor and City Council by John Dever, City Manager on March 5, 1961. The report covers the present status of each station and equipment, station needs and improvements, how to finance those improvements, an inventory of each station, statistics on fires, maps, and graphs.

Creator

John E. Dever, City Manager, City of Decatur, IL

Source

Digital copy provided by Paul McAdamis.
Photo File: Fire Department

Publisher

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

Date

3/5/1961

Contributor

John E. Dever
City Staff
Fire Chie Byrd Davis
Department of Planning and Development
A.J. Sella, Engineer for the National Board of Fire Underwriters

Rights

The Decatur Public Library owns and maintains all copyright on materials featured on omeka.decaturlibrary.org. These materials cannot be used without prior consent. Please contact the Local History Room at the Decatur Public Library for more information.

Relation

None

Format

.pdf

Language

English

Type

document

Identifier

FD111

Coverage

Decatur IL, fire department

Text Item Type Metadata

Text

report

Original Format

paper

Files

Citation

John E. Dever, City Manager, City of Decatur, IL, “Report on the Improvement of Fire Fighting Facilities, City of Decatur, Illinois,” Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection, accessed September 21, 2026, https://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/items/show/10459.