Call goes out for photos, stories to celebrate Eastpointe Fire Department’s 100th anniversary
The massive Chesterfield Inn fire that occurred in June 1956 required more than 100 firefighters to extinguish. It was this fire that precipitated the Macomb County Multiple Alarm assignments that fire departments use today. Eastpointe was the first to ratify this change.
Photo provided by Nick Sage
Lady was a station Dalmatian who lived at the firehouse during the late 1950s. She sits on the 1928 American LaFrance Pumper used by the department on countless calls.
Photo provided by Nick Sage
Fire Department personnel in 1940 inspect the first two-wheeled fire cart that was used in the community.