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.
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.
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.
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.
