Fire fighters extricate a victim at an auto accident at Lewis and Alexis.
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FDNY fire fighter Rob Rossiter presenting a memorial to the fallen brothers of September 11th to the Toledo Fire Department.
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Squad 1 and Engine 5 stand guard at the fireworks at Fifth Third Field.
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9/11/2002- Toledo fire fighters unfurl a flag at the 9/11 memorial ceremony at Fifth Third Field.
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Fire Fighter attacks a fire from the 2nd floor.
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The Hazmat Team prepares to investigate a chemical discharge from a rail road car.
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Old Station 16 with horses ready for a run. (Late 1800’s)
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Fire Fighter attacks an arson fire. Notice the garbage on fire to the left.
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FIU investigates the cause of a fire.
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Police and fire units responding to a possible jumper.
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Toledo’s world famous Denver Krokonos. These massively expand in one’s stomach, a fact Station 5 neglected to tell the producer when they challenged him to eat two. There were 9 runs that night.
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The Life Flight helicopter lands on
I-280 to ferry the victim of a motorcycle accident to the hospital.
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Life Flight leaves with the victim.
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The coroner awaits retrieval of 3 children killed at a fatal fire. There were no smoke detectors in the home.
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Toledo fire fighter works to find
and extinguish hot spots in a residential fire.
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Toledo fire fighter works to find
and extinguish hot spots in a residential fire.
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The Last Alarm Memorial to Toledo’s 42 fallen fire fighters.
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Toledo fire fighter uses an engine monitor to extinguish a fire on Lincoln St.
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This is what was left of the house on Lincoln St.
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This is the scene of the Navarre fire when 3 children perished in the upstairs bedroom.
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The rear of the house on Navarre.
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Fire fighters search for victims in the Navarre fire.
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A fire fighter looks into the upstairs bedroom to plan removal of the three children.
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Fire fighters work to extinguish the 2-alarm Nebraska barbershop fire while protecting the nearby home from extension.
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The 2-alarm Nebraska barbershop fire.
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A quiet conversation, one fire fighter to another. Shot at the Toledo Fire Museum during Fire Prevention Week.
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The unglamorous part of the job. The team picking up the hose after a fire.
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Station 17, one of the busiest stations in the country, washing the rig to prepare for the day.
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A school bus went off the road and hit a pole. Fortunately there were only minor injuries.
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Fire fighters frantically work to save the victims of a shooting.
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One woman was killed in the shooting. A man was transported to the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds. He survived.
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Squad 1, one of the busiest squads in the nation responds to a call from station 5.
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Squad 7 responds to an industrial arson fire in the winter.
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After the fire, this scene was discovered.
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Fire fighters use the latest in thermal imaging technology to identify a head source. Notice the stream of water from the left going to the highest heat (the white).
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A sky view of downtown Toledo shot from the police helicopter.
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June 10th, 1951, four Toledo fire fighters were killed when a gas truck exploded on the Anthony Wayne Trail. These 5 images capture the exact moment of the tanker explosion.
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These scenes were captured at the annual Trail Fire Memorial Service, which also honors all fallen fire fighters.
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Truck 17 is elevated to battle a fire on Lagrange Street.
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Despite the fact the resident had a lid to this turkey cooker and a fire extinguisher nearby which they did not use, 17A was called code 3 to this “outdoor fire.”
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A fire fighter drills on the ladder at station 17.
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A fire fighter trains the spray from his hose on a hotspot.
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Capt. Tom Jaksetic, head of the Water Rescue Unit prepares for an emergency dive.
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This 3 alarm fire claimed the lives of 4 children. No working smoke detector was in the home.
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This 3 alarm fire claimed the lives of 4 children. No working smoke detector was in the home.
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Fire fighters use the bucket of Truck 17 to search for the children’s bodies.
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One of the children is removed from the structure by the coroners office and a fire fighter.
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State Fire Marshals search the porch area for the cause of the fatal fire.
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Crews work to extinguish hotspots
at a fire on Willis St.
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The crew of 17B works out as part of a daily regimen.
© Ken Leslie Productions The above images may be used or linked only with the advance permission of the producer. (ken@calledtoduty.com) We would love to hear about any educational, fire safety or historical uses.
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