1952
1952 - "Chest-pirator" - State-of-the-art resusitation. Claud A. Willis, Stanley J. Spingler, Jack W. McKee, Loss, unidentified civilian, and Clysto Tony Hatcher (wearing vest).February, 1952, firemen became sandbaggers again, as the Little Arkansas River flooded out of its banks.
Another old timer bit the dust, a 1914 Seagrave which had been turned into a Wichita Fire Department wrecker, overturned while pulling in an engine that had just rammed a telephone pole. The old machine was retired, as was the mechanic who was injured in the mishap.
An ordinance, banning the sale or use of fireworks inside the City limits was passed.
Fire Prevention Week that year opened with the Kroger Company Warehouse fire, $500,000 loss.