St. Matthews Fire Protection District
STMFD


Index to the History of the STMFD


NOTE: This site is a work in progress, periodically it will have additions to bring it up to date as new information and projects become available.


This collection was compiled by Al Ring for the purpose of writing the book St. Matthews Firefighters, 84 Years of Firefighting in St. Matthews, Kentucky. It is my sincere hope that readers will; purchase a copy of the book (all proceeds going to the St. Matthews Fire Department Alumni Association), and that they will provide me with any additional information, photos, stories, location of former firefighters, etc., that they will correspond with me and share this information. I also hope this site will encourage other departments to share their history. (Order book here)

The following statement starts all sections.

This is one of many sections that contain information, documents, letters, newspaper articles, pictures, etc. of the St. Matthews Fire Protection District. They have been collected and arranged in chronological order. These items were collected, organized and entered into a computerized database by Al Ring with the help of the St. Matthews Fire Department Alumni Association, Inc. The Association's members are Rick Albers, A. E. "Bill" Andriot, III, E. Gar Davis, Clarke Fenimore, Jack Monohan, Mike Noon, Russ Rakestraw and Al Ring.

The purpose of this "collection" was to create the background and research for the book St. Matthews Firefighters, 84 Years of Firefighting in St. Matthews, Kentucky, written by and published by Al Ring in 2004. The collection is continuing today, so if you should have old or new information on the St. Matthews Fire Department, please contact al Ring.

All graphics have been improved to make the resolution as good as possible, but the reader should know that many came from copies of old newspaper articles. This also applies to other items such as documents, letters, etc. Credit to the source of the documents, photos, etc. is provided whenever it was available. We realize that many items are not identified and regret that we weren't able to provide this information. As far as the newspaper articles that are not identified, 99% of them would have to be from one of three possible sources, The Courier-Journal, The Louisville Times or one of the Voice publications.

Please use this information as a reference tool only. If the reader uses any of the information for any purpose other than a reference tool, they must get permission from the source.

The Association would like to thank the St. Matthews Fire Protection District and various newspapers including The Courier-Journal, The Louisville Times, and The Voice-Tribune. Our appreciation is also extended to the various citizens and firefighters who contributed to the gathering of this information.


NOTE: The Sections below are mostly PDF's, and some are quite large in size and depending on the computer, they may take quite some time to open. Be patient they will open on most computers.

SPECIAL NOTE:Starting in 2010, I am updating the St. Matthews Fire Department history with new PDF’s as I can complete them.The new ones will be right below this explanation and will slowly replace the old ones.

 

CRONOLOGICAL STMFD HISTORY

BOARD DOCUMENTS & MINUTES
 

1919 to 1929 
1930 to 1932 

1933 to 1934 

1935 to 1937

1938 to 1939

2001 Reunion
 2004 Reunion
 2009 Reunion

Section 5 1940 to 1949
Section 6 1950 to 1951
Section 7 1952 to 1953
Section 8 1954 to 1955
Section 9 1956 to 1957
Section 10 1958 to 1959
Section 11 1960 to 1962
Section 12 1963 to 1965
Section 13 1966 to 1968
Section 14 1969 to 1969
Section 15 1970 to 1971
Section 16 1972 to 1973
Section 17 1974 to 1975
Section 18 1976 to 1979
Section 19 1980 to 1981
Section 20 1982 to 1983
Section 21 1984 to 1986
Section 22 1987 to 1989


Board Documents, 1919 – 1992

Board Minutes, 1930s 
Board Minutes, 1940s
Board Minutes, 1950s
Board Minutes, 1960s
Board Minutes, 1970s
Board Minutes, 1980 – 1984
Board Minutes, 1985 – 1987
Board Minutes, 1988 – June 1989
Board Minutes, 1990 – 1992, missing at this time
Board Minutes, July 1993 – 1994
Board Minutes, 1995 – 1997
Board Minutes, 1998 – February 1999

FIRE RUN REPORTS & STATISTICS

NOTE:  Many of the below fire run
sheets are better viewed by seeing
two pages at once, side by side.
  On the Internet I find you can’t do this,
so if you want save the PDF
to your hard drive then follow
the instruction on page 2
of the PDF’s involved.

1954 -1956 Fire Runs
  1957 - 1959 Fire Runs
  1960 - 1961 Fire Runs
1962 Fire Runs
1963 Fire Runs
1964 Fire Runs
1965 Fire Runs
1966 Fire Runs
1967 Fire Runs
1968 Fire Runs
1969 Fire Runs
1970 Fire Runs
1971 Fire Runs
1972 Fire Runs
1973 Fire Runs
 

1974 Fire Runs
1975 Fire Runs
1976 Fire Runs
1977 Fire Runs
 1978 Fire Runs
1979 Fire Runs
1980 Fire Runs
1981 Fire Runs
1982 Fire Runs
1983 Fire Runs
1984 Fire Runs
1985 Fire Runs
1986 Fire Runs
1987 Fire Runs
1988 Fire Runs
1989 Fire Runs
1990 Fire Runs
1991 Fire Runs
1992 Fire Runs

1919 – 1992 Fire Run Statistics
1954 – 1974 Fire Run Work Sheets by Al Ring
1950 – 1969 Fire Run Reports
1970 – 1972 Fire Run Reports
1975 Fire Run Reports
1976 Fire Run Reports

RADIO TRANSMISSIONS (Audio)

1956  Fire House Siren
1975 & 1976  Various Runs
1976 Spruce Lane Working Fire
1976 Ring Road Working Fire
1976  2  Hunting Road Runs
1976  St. Francis in the Fields Church Fire
1978  2  Hunting Road Runs & Tone Test
1979, 1982, 1986 Various Runs
1980  Harlow’s at Dupont Circle Fire
1980 1104 Chamberlain Hill (Coach Gate) fire 
1980 5101 Moccasin Court fire 
1980 1217 Wellington lane (Coach Gate) fire 
1983 2603 Woodside Road Fire
1985 6004 Hackney Coach Working Fire
1987 1100 Chamberlain Hill (Coach Gate) fire 
1989  132 Chenoweth Lane Fire

VIDEOS

1968-69 Super 8 Movie by Al Ring 
1972 to 1974 Wiley Brewer STMFD Fires
 2001 STMFD Reunion
2004 STMFD Reunion Part 1
2004 STMFD Reunion Part 2 
2004 St. Matthews Fire District by Captain Joe Wolfe 
Glenview Fire, 5/25/2007
2007 St. Matthews Fire District by Captain Joe Wolfe
2008 St. Mathews Fire District  by Captain Joe Wolfe
2009 Reunion


 TRIBUTES


Tribute to Chief John M. Monohan, Jr.
& the St. Matthews Monohan's

Tribute to Chief John M. Monohan, Jr. (video)
Tribute to Assistant Chief Marty A. Kamer
Tribute to Assistant Chief Marty A. Kamer (video)


HONOR ROLL & MEMBER INFORMATION

Honor Roll, 1919 to 2005
Rosters, 1919 to 2006

NOTE: I am working on the biographies and
trying to get photos of all past and present
members associated with STMFD since 1919. 
There is a total of about 690 and will
be shortly adding this information
on the ones we have been able to find information on.

 

MISCELANIOUS, STMFD

Crusade for Children 

 


MISCELANIOUS, OTHER FIRE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION





           

 






 

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