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| Jimmie Edward Trent entered service on February 16th, 1974. He was a 35 year old Private at the time of this death on November 13th, 1975. He died of heart failure at the Charles George VA Medical Center. He fought two fires on November 1st - a gasoline tanker fire and a fire at the Red Chair Restaurant on North Pack Square. If anyone has a picture of Jimmie, please contribute. |
LODD Jimmie Edward Trent
LODD Arthur W. Duckett
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| Arthur W. Duckett entered service on April 1st, 1924. He was a 63 year old Lieutenant on Engine 5 at Station 5 at the time of his death on March 7th, 1966. He suffered a heart attack at Station 5 after fighting a brush fire on Chapel Park Road. |
LODD Charles Augustus "Gus" Werhan
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| Charles Augustus "Gus" Werhan entered service on March 8th, 1960. He was a 25 year old Driver of Engine 1A at Station 1 at the time of his death on December 9th, 1963. He died of suffocation at a fire at 23 Biltmore Avenue in the Susquehanna Antique Shop. |
LODD Grady Dock Wilson
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| Grady Dock Wilson entered service on October 27th, 1924. He was a 48 year old Driver on Engine 4 at Station 3 at the time of this death on June 28th, 1948. He suffered a heart attack at Station 3 shortly before noon. |
A Brief History of the Asheville Fire Department
Click Here to read a brief history of the Asheville Fire Department.
LODD Harry Lionel Williams
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| Harry Lionel Williams entered service on August 23rd, 1924. He was 47 years old and a Driver of Engine 3 at Station 2 at the time of his death on October 20th, 1944 at 7 p.m. He suffered a heart attack at 276 Haywood Road at a fire in Bon Ton Cleaners. |
Number of Fire Alarms for 1906-1915
Click Here to read a report on the number of alarms and loss for the years 1906-1915.
AFD American LaFrance Fire Trucks Report
Click here to view a report on AFD American LaFrance fire trucks.
Station 1 Personnel (Please Help Identify)
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| These are photos from Bill Duyck showing the beautiful original tile floor at Station 1, fire pole, ALF Pioneer, old tanker behind it in front of the former kitchen, and old uniforms with the All American City patch. |
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| Old ALF open-cab ladder truck. |
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| You can see the front of the old Jeep brush truck here. Bill Duyck is second from right. |
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| This is Chief W.F. Hudson showing the inspection sticker on his Chief's car at Station 1. Again, look at that tile floor, awesome. Behind his car is the fire alarm system maintenance truck and beside his car is the old ticker-tape Gamewell system and flip cards. |
AFD starts responding to medical calls - 1988
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| AFD Started responding to medical calls after becoming EMT-Basics on Friday July 15th, 1988. From Asheville Citizen or Times. |
A Perfect Landing
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| Asheville Citizen or Times 6-1-72. Jumping into the fire safety net used to be a requirement to graduate fire academy. This is a great picture showing the technique for holding the net and the proper position for landing. |
Fire Bell is in New Quarters
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| Asheville Citizen 12-31-1902. This is the third and last location for our fire bells. The first was the stand-alone tower in front of the courthouse, then on top of the courthouse, and now on top of city hall and AFD headquarters. |
Historic Bell of Central Church is in New Tower
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| Asheville Citizen 7-8-1902. You can here this bell today still ring out over the city every Sunday during church service. |
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