MB Fire Company Images …
MBFC Pictures …
The Monmouth Beach Fire Company was organized in 1905 and actually predates the borough by a year. The borough is fortunate to have them — their skill and their sacrifice. I have been a member since 1982. Presented here are distinctive MBFC images from various times, places and sources.
I claim no ownership of the images — I just track them down and post them. Sources provided will be credited. Check back for updates. And I’m always looking for more photos. My e-mail is HERE.
The beginnings of the MBFD Ladies Auxiliary. Long Branch Daily Record, February 1909.
The MB Fire Company softball team are champions, August 2021. The guys have won the Fireman’s Sunday Softball League title 4 out of the past 5 years. Congrats to all!
MB Firemen’s Fair at MBBP, Sept. 2021.
MB Firemen’s Fair at MBBP, Sept. 2021.
MBFD Grave Decoration Detail, 1970s. From left: Mike Heath, Bob Koch, Tom and Dan Hennessey.
MB Fireman’s Fair dunking booth, 1970s.
MB Fireman’s Fair ring-toss game, 1970s.
MB Fire Company softball players, 1986.
MBFD Mack Fire Truck during town Halloween Parade, 2018.
Firemen Father & Son: Dick and Dickie Keller tend bar during a MBFC Annual Dinner party, 2000s.
MB Fire Company team in action, 2020.
MB firehouse on Beach Road, 2012.
“Super Santa” — MB fireman Harold “Skeets” Peterson distributes gifts to kids on Christmas Day, 1950s. Harold had a remarkable record of public service — WW II US Navy vet, 4-term borough commissioner, fire company chief (1952), and successful businessman (seafood biz). He died in 2008 at age 92. He and his wife, Dorothy, raised six kids in town: Harold, Jr., Barbara, Nancy, Judy, Janet, and Marjorie.
Ladies Auxiliary of the Monmouth Beach Fire Company logo, Founded in 1956.
MB Fire Company patch/logo, 1970s.
MBFC celebration, 1970s.
MB Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary 5th Anniversary: from left: Myrt Marsh, Anita Maney, Helen Marsh, Harriet Miller, Alice Johnson, Mary DeMarco and Val Dougherty, 1960.
MBFC line officer, 1950s.
Victorious MBFC Field Day team in SB, mid 1970s.
MBFC championship softball team, 1975.
MB firefighters battle house blaze on Valentine Street, 2020.
Monmouth Beach firehouse, 1910. The original firehouse was built on the corner of Beach Road and Borden Street in 1906. It was moved to its present location in 1919.
MB firehouse, 1910s.
MB firehouse, 2017.
MB firehouse, 1940s.
MB firehouse, 1955.
MBFC and MB First Aid Squad buildings, 1984.
MB firehouse (r) and borough hall (l) on Beach Road, 1930s.
Beach Road looking east, 1905. Firehouse on left.
MBFC: Model ‘A’ Ford Hose & Chemical Fire Truck, 1930.
Monmouth Beach firehouse, 1941.
MB firehouse and trucks, 1950s.
MB firmen on Christmas Day, 1940s.
MB Fire Company Memorial Day services, 1950s.
Ground-breaking for MB firehouse addition, 1980s.
MB firehouse, 1980.
MB firehouse, 2016.
MBFC softball team, Fireman’s Sunday Softball League champs, 2019.
MBFC softball team, Fireman’s Sunday Softball League champs, 2017.
MBFC softball team, Fireman’s Sunday Softball League champs, 2016.
MBFC softball team, League champs, 2005.
MBFC softball team, 1988.
MBFC softball team, 1979 (champs of the Coast League).
MBFC softball team, 1974.
MB Firemen’s Fair, 1973.
MB Firemen’s Fair, 2010s.
Clarence Cook Museum-Building dedication at MBFC, 1989.
Vivian Johnson’s Nightclub in Galilee on fire, 1935.
St. Peter’s Church of Galilee on fire, 1955.
St. Peter’s Church of Galilee on fire, May 1955.
St. Peter’s Church of Galilee on fire, May 1955.
St. Peter’s Church of Galilee on fire, May 1955.
MBFC members, 2005.
MBFD Line Officers, 2005 (Jack Flaherty Photo).
MBFD members, 1910.
MBFD Hook & Ladder, 1910.
MBFD Hook & Ladder, 1910.
MB tower 100-foot ladder truck, 2010s.
MBFD Line Officers, 1950s.
MBFD officers, 1950s.
Channel Club Tower 6th floor fire, 1985.
MB Firemen’s Fair, 1972.
MB Firemen’s Fair, 1972.
MB Firemen’s Fair, 1972.
Good Cookin’ at the MB Firemen’s Fair: Al Jones, Ernie Brina, John Keller and Dickie Keller, 2000s.
Police Chief Dick Keller in dunking booth at MB Friemen’s Fair, 1970s.
MB Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary, 2003.
MBFC executive officers, from left: Carl Mason, secretary; Harry Tober, president; and Charlie Schulz, treasurer, 1980.
MB fireman Donald Ritz, 1965.
Pete’s Inn after fire, 1931.
MB School Halloween Parade, 1952.
MB Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary, 2000s.
KIm Guadagno and Dave Stickle at 2012 fire department officer swear-in ceremony.
APP story on the worst fire in borough history, December 1929.
Ad for the first MB Firemen’s Fair, 1937.
MB firemen in action at Wharfside Manor, 2017.
MBFC ’48 Mack Fire Truck, 2017.
MB firemen battle a Sea Bright fire, 2019.
MB fire, 2000s.
MB Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary, 1970s.
MBFC 75th Anniversary celebration, 1980.
MB Fire Company members honored for 50 years of service: Sidney Johnson, Jr., Burt Barham, and Louis Ferrugiaro, 12/18.
Hurricane Sandy flood in MB Firehouse, 2012.
MB firemen at Field Day, 1947.
Boat fire near Manahasset Creek in MB, 2018.
Mayor Sidney Johnson plays the dunking booth at the MB Firemen’s Fair, 1970s.
MB Firemen’s Fair “Ride on the Mack,” 2015.
MB Fire Company celebration, 1950s.
MB Fire Company bowling team, 1960s.
Shoreland’s boathouse fire, 1965.
MB Fire Company Field Day team, 1931.
MB Fire Company ex-chiefs, 2005.
MB Fire Company ex-chiefs, 2005.
MB Fire Company ex-chiefs, 2005.
MB Fire Company ex-chiefs, 2005.
MB Fire Company ex-chiefs, 2005.
MB firmen celebrate New Year’s Day, 1950s.
Channel Club Tower fire, 1985.
Walter Mihm preps for annual dinner for MB Fire Company, 1970s.
Dr. Schwartz house on River Avenue ablaze, 1958.
MB firetruck, 1960s.
MB Fire Company junior firemen get instruction, 1950s.
MB Fire Company Field Day champs, 1976.
MB Fire Company members work on firehouse addition, 1959.
MB Fire Company 50-year members, 2005.
MB firemen deliver toys on Christmas morning, 2017.
MB firefighters battle a blaze on Seaview Avenue, mid-2010s.
MB firehouse and fire truck, 1960s.
MBFC Mack Fire Truck, mid-2010s.
MB Fire Company line offers sworn in by Mayor Sue Howard and Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, mid-2010s.
MB firefighters battle a blaze on River Avenue, January 2015.
MB firemen, 1945.
MB Fire Company-MB First Aid memorials on Beach Road, 2017
MB firemen deliver Christmas Day gifts, 1940s.
MB firemen delivering Christmas morning gifts, 1950.
Andy Cancalosi and Russ Springs at the gaming wheel for MB Firemen’s Fair, 1970s.
MB-American Bicentennial Celebration: Parade, July 1976.
MB-American Bicentennial Celebration: Parade, July 1976.
MBFC Executive Officers – From left: Treasurer Charles Schulz, Secretary Carl Mason, VP Bob Ruland, and President Harry Tober, 1980.
MBFC’s 1974 Hahn firetruck, 1980.
MBFC’s 1963 Hahn firetruck, 1980.
MBFC’s 1954 Dodge firetruck, 1980.
MBFC Hahn firetruck dedication: From left: Mayor Sidney Johnson, Commissioners Harold Peterson and Ed Feste, MBFC Chief John Brazas and MBFC President Frank Introcaso, 1974.
MBFC members set to deliver toys on Christmas morning, 1940s.
MB Fire Company ex-chiefs, 1980.
MB Fire Company ex-chiefs, 1980.
MB Fire Company ex-chiefs, 1980.
Rev. W. Winfield West, MBFC Chaplin, 1980.
MB firemen and friends at MB Inn for World War II service farewell, early 1940s.
MB Firemen’s Fair, 1980s.
Ladies Auxiliary of the MB Fire Company, 2005.
MB firemen on their new firetruck, 1920s.
Fire at Monmouth Beach Cold Storage plant (“The Freezer”), 1972.
MB Cold Storage fire, 1972.
MBFC officers John Brazas and Mike Heath thank Jay W. Ross (l) for a sailboat donation, 1970s.
MB Fire Company members, 1980.
MB Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary members aid firefighters, 1950s.
Fire at the home of Dr. Schwartz on River Avenue, 1958.
MB Firemen on Christmas morning, 1950s.
MB Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary, 1970s.
MBFC 25th Anniversary party, APP, October 1930.
