Sunset Library will host an Oct. 24 presentation on country music legend Waylon Jennings and highlight the star’s ties to Arizona and Chandler.
The presentation is part of the Our Stories guest speaker series put together by the Chandler Museum, the Chandler Historical Society and the city’s public library.
The monthly series focuses on community history and features conversation, multimedia presentations and music at city facilities throughout the community.
Battalion Chief Scott Wall of the Chandler Fire, Health and Medical Department will speak about the history of firefighting in Chandler Sept. 12 at the downtown library. “Saving our Fellow Citizens: Chandler’s Firefighting History” will examine stories from nearly a century of organized firefighting in the community.
The first official Chandler Fire Department was founded on June 22, 1937, and the first mechanized fire apparatus was a 1936 Dodge pumper, nicknamed The Old Dodge, which is currently displayed in the lobby of the department’s headquarters. Since those early days, the department has evolved to become an internationally accredited agency that responds to a variety of calls with 12 front-line apparatus operating out of 10 stations across the city.
For more information on these and other Museum events, call 480-782-2751 or visit chandleraz.gov/museum.
