Heroism of police in fire brings award eligibility
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated November 9, 1949 partially reads, "Where does duty end and sacrifice begin? Three Valley policemen, Lt. Roy O. Miller and Patrolmen Reed Birdsall and Albert Colmus, never did find the answer. Yet a call for help during the recent Chatsworth fire almost brought disaster to the patrolmen and anxious moments to the watch commander. It all started about 5 o'clock in the morning. The out-of-control blaze unexpectedly swept into Dalton Canyon, a populated section of the flaming area. The residents there had gone to sleep, confident firefighters would keep them from harm, but ignorant of nature's whims which could bring disaster with ever so slightly shifting winds. The telephone rang in Lieutenant Miller's office. Crisply, a fire official called for aid." Pictured, left to right, Lt. R. O. Miller, Patrolman Reed Birdsall, and Patrolman Albert Colmus.
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Police--Response time--California--Los Angeles Fires--California--Chatsworth (Los Angeles) Police patrol--California--Los Angeles Police--Awards--United States Police--California--Los Angeles Police--Uniforms Men--California--Los Angeles Maps Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.) Chatsworth (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Maps Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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