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Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department celebrates seventy years of service
Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department Chief Roy Burdett stands by one of their trucks in their fleet of 20. Photo compliments Johnson City Chamber of Commerce.
The Johnson City Volunteer Fire Department has a unique and truly hometown history. For seventy years volunteers have given of their time and talents to keep not only Johnson City, but the surrounding areas safe from fires. Around 1936 the entire block where the Black Spur sits today burned down. Chief Roy Burdett said, “In 1949 the city figured they better come up with something, so the Fredericksburg Fire Department donated their first fire engine to Johnson City.” The truck was a 192 ...
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