St. Matthews Fire Protection District
STMFD


Index to the History of the STMFD

NOTE: This site is a work in progress, periodically it will have additions to bring it up to date as new information and projects become available.

This collection was compiled by Al Ring for the purpose of writing the book St. Matthews Firefighters, 84 Years of Firefighting in St. Matthews, Kentucky. It is my sincere hope that readers will; purchase a copy of the book (all proceeds going to the St. Matthews Fire Department Alumni Association), and that they will provide me with any additional information, photos, stories, location of former firefighters, etc., that they will correspond with me and share this information. I also hope this site will encourage other departments to share their history. (Order book here)

The following statement starts all sections.

This is one of many sections that contain information, documents, letters, newspaper articles, pictures, etc. of the St. Matthews Fire Protection District. They have been collected and arranged in chronological order. These items were collected, organized and entered into a computerized database by Al Ring with the help of the St. Matthews Fire Department Alumni Association, Inc. The Association's members are Rick Albers, A. E. "Bill" Andriot, III, E. Gar Davis, Clarke Fenimore, Jack Monohan, Mike Noon, Russ Rakestraw and Al Ring.

The purpose of this "collection" was to create the background and research for the book St. Matthews Firefighters, 84 Years of Firefighting in St. Matthews, Kentucky, written by and published by Al Ring in 2004. The collection is continuing today, so if you should have old or new information on the St. Matthews Fire Department, please contact al Ring.

All graphics have been improved to make the resolution as good as possible, but the reader should know that many came from copies of old newspaper articles. This also applies to other items such as documents, letters, etc. Credit to the source of the documents, photos, etc. is provided whenever it was available. We realize that many items are not identified and regret that we weren't able to provide this information. As far as the newspaper articles that are not identified, 99% of them would have to be from one of three possible sources, The Courier-Journal, The Louisville Times or one of the Voice publications.

Please use this information as a reference tool only. If the reader uses any of the information for any purpose other than a reference tool, they must get permission from the source.

The Association would like to thank the St. Matthews Fire Protection District and various newspapers including The Courier-Journal, The Louisville Times, and The Voice-Tribune. Our appreciation is also extended to the various citizens and firefighters who contributed to the gathering of this information.

NOTE: The Sections below are mostly PDF's, and some are quite large in size and depending on the computer, they may take quite some time to open. Be patient they will open on most computers.

SPECIAL NOTE:Starting in 2010, I am updating the St. Matthews Fire Department history with new PDF's as I can complete them.The new ones will be right below this explanation and will slowly replace the old ones.