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Frank Dick
1887, 1889-1892

FIRE CHIEF GETS HIS OWN STATION!

Frank Dick arrived in Calgary circa 1885 and was appointed Fire Chief on April 12, 1887. Chief Dick was the first to have his own station when the opening of Fire Station No. 1 took place on May 24, 1887 at 122 McIntyre Ave. (now known as 7th Avenue East).  It was such a  beautiful building that Town Council  tried to designate it as a place for civic business and began holding its council meetings within it.  Tensions mounted as council thought since they were there anyways, they could run the Fire Department as well as the town. 
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As a result Chief Dick and his fire fighters resigned in June 1887, and were soon replaced with fire fighters organized around the whims and wants of a head strong City Council.  Shortly thereafter, G.O. Woodman adjudicated the Calgary Fire Brigade.  Frank Dick was once again appointed Fire Chief to the Brigade in 1889.  He led the Brigade for three more years until he resigned in 1892. Dick then settled in Slocan City working in the Kootenay mines until he died on February 27, 1930 from pneumonia.

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    • Chronological Overview >
      • 1800s - The Beginning of CFD
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          • Mural 5
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          • Mural 10
          • Calgary Fires >
            • Nov 7 1886 - 6th Ave
            • Oct 12, 1912 Chinatown Fire
            • ​Jan 12, 1913 Burns Packing Plant Fire
            • Jan 25, 1915 Sherman Roller Rink Fire
            • ​1926 Banff Springs Hotel Fire
            • Oct 25, 1950 Co-op Dairy Barn Fire
            • Dec 16, 1964 The Condon Block Fire
            • May 31, 1965 Chicken-on-the-way Fire
            • Jan 21, 1966 The Michael Building Fire
            • ​Apr 23, 1972 McArthur Furniture Fire
            • 1982 Calgary Fire Dept. on the Set of Superman II
            • Mar 22, 1984 Fire on the Tarmac
            • ​Jul 14, 2000 Pine Lake Tornado
          • Mural 11
        • Inspiration
      • The Firefighters
    • CFD & World War I >
      • The Fallen Four
      • The Simmons Family Album
      • Firefighters Who Went to War
    • The Last Alarm
    • Fire Chiefs >
      • George Constantine 1885
      • Fire Chief Steve Jarrett 1885-1887
      • Fire Chief E. R. Rodgers 1887-1889
      • Fire Chief Frank Dick 1887, 1889-1892
      • Fire Chief James Wilson 1893-1897
      • Fire Chief Hugh McClelland 1897 - 1898
      • Fire Chief James "Cappy" Smart 1898 - 1933
      • Fire Chief Alexander "Sandy" Carr 1933 - 1943
      • Fire Chief Fire John McKinnon 1943 - 1945
      • Fire Chief John Thomas Shelley 1945 - 1950
      • Fire Chief Perry Brooks 1950
      • Fire Chief Ross Kinnear 1950 - 1951
      • Fire Chief George Skene 1951 - 1954
      • Fire Chief Bernard "Barney" Lemieux 1954 - 1964
      • Fire Chief Charles Harrison 1964 - 1972
      • Fire Chief Derek Jackson 1972 - 1979
      • Fire Chief Frank Archer 1979 - 1983
      • Fire Chief Tom Minhinnett 1983 - 1988
      • Fire Chief Jack Ross 1988 - 1999
      • Fire Chief Wayne Morris 1999 - 2005
      • Fire Chief Bruce Burrell 2005 - 2014
      • Fire Chief Steve Dongworth 2015 - Present
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