Fire Prevention Week parade, 1940s @alaskafilmarchives
Fire Prevention Week parade, 1940s  @alaskafilmarchives
Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Fire Prevention Week signs proclaim, "Don't be an ash, get rid of that trash," and "Don't be a Nero - In case of fire call 17." The downtown Fairbanks parade features a military band, an 1896 wagon, a 1946 fire engine, and military vehicles from the 46th Recon Squadron (Color/Silent/16mm film).

This clip is from AAF-23399 of the Virginia Phyllis (Burkholder) Bennett Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.

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Fire Prevention Week parade, 1940s

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