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Firetruck-Hearse to Provide Final Ride
For 25 years retired firefighter Frank Tamayo flew down Tucson streets, often perched precariously on the running board of a truck, in response to a stranger’s cry for help. All that ended when he retired from the Tucson Fire Department in 1986.
But Tamayo would like to take one last ride on the back of one of those old pumpers, although it’s a trip he’d like to put off for as long as possible.
Fire Chief’s Command Post
Passion for the fire service doesn’t end with retirement. Rather, it is cherished and kept alive in the hearts and memories of the men and women who put in many years answering calls through all kinds of weather, hazards and hardships. Retired firefighters tend to linger on the sidelines of firehouses across the country, ready to assist with a colorful story or lesson learned from their years on the job.
Greater Tucson Fire Foundation February 2012 Newsletter
The dream of a group of retired firefighters has come to reality with the completion of the Last Alarm Foundation Apparatus. The LAF began their project in 2005 with the purchase of a 1954 Model L Mack Sedan Pumper. Over the past several years it was modified into a...
The time has come for the first ‘Last Alarm’ ride…
It has taken six years, hundreds of hours of labor and love, and over $300,000 in donations, but the nonprofit Last Alarm Foundation, Inc. is proud to announce the restoration completion of our 1954 Mack-L Fire Truck that will be used to transport firefighters to...
Remembering Jim Russell, Cops and Rodders Committee Member
One of very first committee members and participant in all of our shows, retired Tucson Fire Department Deputy Chief James R. Russell passed away on March 8, 2010 after a valiant fight against cancer. Jim was a native of Arizona and was born 7-3-34 in Douglas, AZ.
Jim was hired on at the Tucson Fire Department in 1960 and rose through the ranks to become the second highest commander as the Deputy Chief, the position he held until 1990 when he retired. Jim was the 54th person assigned a Chief Officer title since the beginning of the Tucson Fire Department.
Ex-deputy chief marks last alarm on ’35 firetruck
James Russell could never envision himself being taken to his final resting place in a hearse. As a retired Tucson firefighter, there was only one vehicle that would give Russell his last ride: a firetruck.
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