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.
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CRONOLOGICAL
STMFD HISTORY |
BOARD DOCUMENTS &
MINUTES |
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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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 |
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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)
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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.
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MISCELANIOUS, STMFD
Crusade for Children
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MISCELANIOUS, OTHER
FIRE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
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