Page 83 - History of the Colton Fire Department

In February four new firefighters were sent to the
first fire academy held at Chaffey College. The Colton
firemen were Bruce Hamp, Don Ewing, Richard Mans-
field, and Bob Beach.
On February 11, 1967 Battalion Chief Harry Nor-
fleet passed away.
On March 10, 1967 the department participated in
Fire Service Day at the National Orange Show grounds
in San Bernardino with other fire apparatus displays from
across the valley. Orange Show Picture

1969
Emergency medical treatments have been evolv-
ing for centuries from the battle fields. The late 1800’s
saw drastic changes with the formations of what we now
know as the modern day British Red Cross (1870) and
St John Ambulance (1877). In 1878, the term “first aid”
first appeared in Britain and is thought to be derived from
“first treatment” and “National Aid”. In 1911 the Boy
Scouts of America had a Merit Badge for “First Aid” but
it was then called “Ambulance”. The public was now
being taught what could be life saving measures and that
would become the responsibility for a public service such
as the fire department to provide first aid.

Above: Sam Russell applying a head dressing
during a first aid class

Chief Temby and his Administrative Secretary
Marcia Ruiz (Shipley) giving a high school
career day class. Marcia began in September
of 1964 as a dispatch/clerk. She worked her
way to Administrative Secretary. If you ever
wanted something done, you would need to run
it by Marcia first.

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