Tiger Engine No. 2 – Salem Fire Department
We were pleasantly surprised recently when one of our research volunteers located an historic Oregon Journal article that provided history and context to this framed [...]
July 2023
January 2021
Frank Gorman and Salem’s Tiger Fire Engine Company
Salem's Tiger Engine Company No. 2. WHC 0082.002.0022.046. For the past few years I have been captivated by this photograph. It shows [...]
November 2017
Floyd McMullen – Salem’s only firefighter killed in the line of duty
Oregon State Capitol on fire April 25, 1935.WHC 2001.3.2 Fire! At 6:43 p.m. on April 25, 1935 the frantic call for help [...]
Tiger Engine Company No. 2 Membership Rolls
Salem Fire Department's Volunteer Company Membership Roll Book. WHC 0084.050.0001. This bound book (WHC 0084.050.0001) contains a series of lists of membership [...]
October 2017
Fire: Celebrating 160 Years of the Salem Fire Department
An exhibit held in partnership with the Salem Fire Department and the Salem Fire Foundation November 7 - December 23, 2017 In 1857, Salem’s [...]
May 2013
Salem Fire Department Badge, X2013.010.0039
Found in the collections a while back. We don't have any information as to where it came from or when it might have been used. [...]
August 2005
SFD Yew Park
Yew Park Hose Team (Salem Fire Department) Yew park hose team was Salem's last volunteer engine company, and the last fire company to operate [...]
SFD Tiger
Tiger Engine Company No. 2 (Salem Fire Department) Salem's second engine company was originally called Eureka Engine Company No. 2. Four months later, the [...]
SFD Three
Salem Engine Company No. 3 (Salem Fire Department) Salem Engine Company No. 3 was created on March 28th, 1883 with the following charter members: [...]
SFD Paid
Salem's Paid Fire Department: Horse Era to Steam Era (1893 to 1919) Original Paid SFD Roster: Chief engineer W. S. Low Assistant Chief Engineer [...]