Aircraft Crash, 1960
Light aircraft crash, early 1960s. Chief Hugh Turner in white hat.
Aircraft Crash, 1962
Three shots of an light aircraft crash on 16th fairway of the Hillview Golf Course that killed all occupants, two sheriffs and a prisoner being transported from Los Vegas. The plane was making an evening landing at Reid Hillview airport when it struck a eucalyptus tree and plowed into the ground. Rescue crews labored for more than half an hour with hacksaws before they were able to cut the victims from the twisted wreckage. Bottom right photo was used in a newspaper article, and shows B/C Ackley (top), and firefighters Ed Ageno (upper left), Cottle (left) and Bill Clanton (holding debris). 15 April 1962.
Not recommended: a volunteer firefighter uses his shirt to beat at flames, at a hillside wildland fire near Alum Rock Park. The fire threatened the Alum Rock Sanitarium until it was flanked by firefighters. The blaze moved east from Simoni Dr uphill toward Crothers Rd. From a newspaper article dated 31 Aug 1962.
House fire, 11 Mar 1963. Note old-style leather helmets, dungarees, and no breathing apparatus.
Law enforcement officer looking at Tanker 7 with other Central Fire units working at a June 1964 fire.
Firefighter Hewett and another firefighter hooking up a 5" hard suction line. Note Bell helmets with snap-on rear brims. 9 May 1965.
Loading hose at Shannon Station. Date unknown.
Live Burn Training, March 1966
Central Fire firefighters attack a dwelling fire, March 1966. Photos show exterior attack, interior attack, and protecting the exposure. Participants identifiable are Captain Pyle, and firefighters Cook, Robison and Ramirez.
Central Fire firefighters were prepared if a Titan II missile ever caught fire in the valley. It's only a burning Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, so there's obviously no need to bother with helmets or turnouts! This was a publicity shot, but what for is not known. December 1968.
Group closeup, circa late 1960s. It isn't clear whether this is a rescue, a drill, or pressure testing.
Left to right: B/C Curtis Kirby, Assistant Chief Ed Severns, B/C Jim Ackley on Truck 1, as they await visitors to Cupertino Station. All county fire stations were open to the public in observance of "Fire Service Day". Photo dated May 1967, and was published in a local newspaper on 4 June 1967.
Aircraft Crash, 1968
Light aircraft crash, 30 March 1968. These photos, scanned from San Jose Mercury Newspaper articles, shows the fiery crash of a light plane that crashed on the playing field of the Clyde Fischer Junior High School, killing the three occupants, after having just taken off from Reid-Hillview Airport in east San Jose. Fortunately, all students were back in their classes at the time of the crash. Apparently, the pilot was trying to get back to the airport when his engine failed. The bottom photo shows a firefighter hopping back over the fence, to unkink a hoseline.
Alum Rock equipment operating at a small fire on the East side. Date unknown.
Two shots of a Battalion Chief at a fire at the Granite Rock Company asphalt batch plant. Date unknown.
Two photos of a county rig responding to a brush fire with San Jose, somewhere "on the east side". Date unknown.
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