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Fire Fighters

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Fire Fighters is a syndicated juvenile fire-safety serial produced in Cincinnati by William F. Holland Productions and carried on more than 225 stations across the United States and Canada from 1948 into the early 1950s. In fifteen-minute weekday chapters, drawn from actual fire-department case histories, young rookie Tim Collins learns the fire service under veteran Chief Bob Cody -- and each installment closes with a fire-safety lesson delivered straight to the show's young listeners. Lyle Sudrow plays Tim Collins; Cameron Prud'Homme, later a Tony-nominated Broadway actor, plays Chief Cody. The program was a genuine civic phenomenon: fire departments nationwide endorsed it, its Junior Firefighters Club let listeners earn ranks and badges from Rookie to Junior Fire Chief, and Cincinnati's fire chief credited it with a 20% drop in false alarms. The surviving Old Time Radio Researchers set preserves 196 recordings -- an unusually complete run of a continuing serial. No per-episode plot text survives in the free record, so this catalog carries the full titled run without invented synopses.

Collection status: 196 of 196 held (100% complete)
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Episode Spine

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date unknown Promotion and Audition Material Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Collins' First Day on the Job Listen (MP3)
date unknown Search for Who Turned in False Alarm Listen (MP3)
date unknown Is Jimmy Responsible for False Alarms Listen (MP3)
date unknown Jimmy Not Responsible for Alarms Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Doesn't Get His Appointment Listen (MP3)
date unknown Fire at Tim's House Put Out Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Finally Makes the Fire Department Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Tries to Save a Man Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Trapped and Fights for Air Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Cody Orders More Men to Rescue Tim Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim and Watchman Saved Listen (MP3)
date unknown How Fire Started Solved Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tenement Fires Trap Woman and Baby Listen (MP3)
date unknown Woman and Baby Saved Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Tries to Save Wife of Arsonist Listen (MP3)
date unknown Woman Saved and Tim Rescued Listen (MP3)
date unknown Man Confesses to Starting Fires Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim to Northside School to Give Talk Listen (MP3)
date unknown School Fire Tim on Special Assignment Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Transferred to Engine Company 209 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Searching for Fire on Ship Docks Listen (MP3)
date unknown Towboat Owner Is Mad Listen (MP3)
date unknown Towboat Owner Is at Fault Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Cody Is in Trouble Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Cody Talks with Nightclub Owner Listen (MP3)
date unknown Plans Made to Help Chief Cody Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Cody Threatens to Resign Listen (MP3)
date unknown Gang of Boys Setting Fires Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Undercover as Bum Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Trapped, Puts Out Fire Listen (MP3)
date unknown Illusion Maker with Phosphorus Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim and Chief Attend Demonstration Listen (MP3)
date unknown Everyone Escapes and Fire Put Out Listen (MP3)
date unknown Fire Department Displays Equipment Listen (MP3)
date unknown Idea for Firefighting Tug Boat Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim's New Job Firefighting Tug Boat Listen (MP3)
date unknown Bad Fire Aboard Grain Ship Listen (MP3)
date unknown Fire Put Out by Tug Boat Crew Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim on Vacation to See Cousin Listen (MP3)
date unknown Problems of Volunteer Fire Department Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Talks with Tim About His Ideas Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief and Tim Have Idea to Haul Water Listen (MP3)
date unknown Forest Fire Breaks Out Listen (MP3)
date unknown Two Boys Trapped by Fire Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim, Jim and Pete Safe in Cave Listen (MP3)
date unknown Forest Fire Under Control Listen (MP3)
date unknown Fire Stopped and Chief Cody Offered Job Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Attends Firefighters School Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim and Crew Rescue a Cat Listen (MP3)
date unknown Jimmy Upset about Something Listen (MP3)
date unknown Problems with Jimmy and Whitey Listen (MP3)
date unknown North Side Junior Firefighters' Problems Listen (MP3)
date unknown Jimmy and Whitey Back Together Again Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tracking Down Unsafe Electric Cords Listen (MP3)
date unknown Stopping People from Using Cords Listen (MP3)
date unknown Another Fire from Unsafe Electrical Cord Listen (MP3)
date unknown Man Caught Selling Bad Electric Cords Listen (MP3)
date unknown Problems with Drivers While Going to Fires Listen (MP3)
date unknown Two Men Start Turning in False Alarms Listen (MP3)
date unknown Men Continue Pulling False Alarms Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief and Tim Try to Catch the Two Men Listen (MP3)
date unknown Railroad Flats Discussed as Dangerous Listen (MP3)
date unknown Children Trapped in Apartment Fire Listen (MP3)
date unknown Children Saved from Fire Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Talks about Firefighting Listen (MP3)
date unknown Story of Fire Burning Whole City Listen (MP3)
date unknown Story Is Completed Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Might Be Promoted Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Wants Transfer to Rescue Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Assigned to Fire Prevention Play Listen (MP3)
date unknown Production of Fire Prevention Play Listen (MP3)
date unknown Play Wasn't Properly Rehearsed Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Cody Saves the Play Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Transfers to the Rescue Unit Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim's Having Problems Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Gets in a Boxing Match Listen (MP3)
date unknown Fire with Man Trapped in Vault Listen (MP3)
date unknown Trying to Open Vault Listen (MP3)
date unknown Vault Is Filling up with Water Listen (MP3)
date unknown Man Rescued from the Vault Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Liked in Rescue Department Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim to Go On Strange Fishing Trip Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Learns Hard Hat Diving Equipment Listen (MP3)
date unknown Counterfeit Plates Forced Underwater Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Gives Counterfeit Plates to Police Listen (MP3)
date unknown Fireman Missing, Linked to Plates Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Has Idea to Find Missing Fireman Listen (MP3)
date unknown Fireman Found and Claims Innocence Listen (MP3)
date unknown Firemen Work to Save Man Thought Drowned Listen (MP3)
date unknown Fireman Cleared about Plates Listen (MP3)
date unknown Dealer Puts Gasoline in Apartment Oil Tank Listen (MP3)
date unknown Furnace Started, Firemen Evacuating Building Listen (MP3)
date unknown Firemen Search for Valve to Shut Furnace Off Listen (MP3)
date unknown Jimmy Is in Crawl Space Listen (MP3)
date unknown Jimmy and Tim Get the Valve Shut Off Listen (MP3)
date unknown Jimmy and Trudy Collect Charity Items Listen (MP3)
date unknown Jimmy and Trudy Discover Fire at Wilcox Mansion Listen (MP3)
date unknown Jimmy and Trudy Suspected of Arson Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim and Chief Cody Figure Out How Fire Started Listen (MP3)
date unknown Mrs. Wilcox Informed How Fire Started Listen (MP3)
date unknown Barge Filled with Oil Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tug Boat Tries to Move Listen (MP3)
date unknown Barge Loose, Threatens Waterfront Listen (MP3)
date unknown Barge Moved Away from Pier Listen (MP3)
date unknown Barge Fire Is Put Out Listen (MP3)
date unknown Once Again Collecting Items Listen (MP3)
date unknown Snuff Box Disappears Listen (MP3)
date unknown Mr. Darby Locked in Vault Listen (MP3)
date unknown Mr. Darby Is Discovered Listen (MP3)
date unknown Mr. Darby Is Freed and Returns Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Cody Investigates Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Begins Investigating Fire Listen (MP3)
date unknown Fires Beginning in Mattress Listen (MP3)
date unknown Recalling Mattresses Listen (MP3)
date unknown Cotton Seeds Answer to Mattress Fires Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Cody on Vacation Listen (MP3)
date unknown Jim and Jack Attempt a Rescue Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Begins Scaling Tall Building Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Reaches Trapped Woman Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Rescues Jack and the Woman Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Cody Back, Problems with Monkeys Listen (MP3)
date unknown Everyone Trying to Catch Monkeys Listen (MP3)
date unknown Most of the Monkeys Caught Listen (MP3)
date unknown Idea For Snake to Catch Monkeys Listen (MP3)
date unknown Snake Used and All Monkeys Are Caught Listen (MP3)
date unknown Friend of Tim's Trapped in Fire Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim's Friend Saved Floor May Collapse Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Trapped Under Collapsed Floor Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Taps on Steam Pipe Saying He Is Alive Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Freed with Steam Shovel Listen (MP3)
date unknown Chief Cody and Tim Leave on Vacation Listen (MP3)
date unknown Fire in Baggage Area of Plane Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim May Parachute to Save Plane Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tim Tries to Find Runway Lights Listen (MP3)
date unknown Automobile Headlights to Light Runway Listen (MP3)
date unknown Vacation at Plum Valley Listen (MP3)
date unknown Several Fires in a Small Town Listen (MP3)
date unknown Small Town Newspaper Burns Listen (MP3)
date unknown Campaign Started for Full Time Firemen Listen (MP3)
date unknown Tom Calpepper to Oppose the Town's Mayor Listen (MP3)
date unknown Campaign to Obtain New Firefighting Equipment pt. 1 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Campaign to Obtain New Firefighting Equipment pt. 2 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Campaign to Obtain New Firefighting Equipment pt. 3 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Campaign to Obtain New Firefighting Equipment pt. 4 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Campaign to Obtain New Firefighting Equipment pt. 5 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Man Who Was Too Clever pt. 1 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Man Who Was Too Clever pt. 2 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Man Who Was Too Clever pt. 3 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Man Who Was Too Clever pt. 4 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Man Who Was Too Clever pt. 5 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Red Horse Ravine Adventures pt. 1 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Red Horse Ravine Adventures pt. 2 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Red Horse Ravine Adventures pt. 3 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Red Horse Ravine Adventures pt. 4 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Red Horse Ravine Adventures pt. 5 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Motion Picture Mystery pt. 1 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Motion Picture Mystery pt. 2 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Motion Picture Mystery pt. 3 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Motion Picture Mystery pt. 4 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Motion Picture Mystery pt. 5 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Mystery of the Unnecessary Accident pt. 1 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Mystery of the Unnecessary Accident pt. 2 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Mystery of the Unnecessary Accident pt. 3 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Mystery of the Unnecessary Accident pt. 4 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Mystery of the Unnecessary Accident pt. 5 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Case of the Runaway Spaghetti pt. 1 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Case of the Runaway Spaghetti pt. 2 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Case of the Runaway Spaghetti pt. 3 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Case of the Runaway Spaghetti pt. 4 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Case of the Runaway Spaghetti pt. 5 Listen (MP3)
date unknown High Tension Adventure pt. 1 Listen (MP3)
date unknown High Tension Adventure pt. 2 Listen (MP3)
date unknown High Tension Adventure pt. 3 Listen (MP3)
date unknown High Tension Adventure pt. 4 Listen (MP3)
date unknown High Tension Adventure pt. 5 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Quick Burner Adventure pt. 1 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Quick Burner Adventure pt. 2 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Quick Burner Adventure pt. 3 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Quick Burner Adventure pt. 4 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Quick Burner Adventure pt. 5 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Paul Revere Adventure pt. 1 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Paul Revere Adventure pt. 2 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Paul Revere Adventure pt. 3 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Paul Revere Adventure pt. 4 Listen (MP3)
date unknown Paul Revere Adventure pt. 5 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Fire Mystery pt. 1 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Fire Mystery pt. 2 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Fire Mystery pt. 3 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Fire Mystery pt. 4 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Fire Mystery pt. 5 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Wet Water Mystery pt. 1 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Wet Water Mystery pt. 2 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Wet Water Mystery pt. 3 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Wet Water Mystery pt. 4 Listen (MP3)
date unknown The Wet Water Mystery pt. 5 Listen (MP3)
The Story

Fire Fighters is a syndicated juvenile fire-safety serial produced in Cincinnati by William F. Holland Productions and carried on more than 225 stations across the United States and Canada from 1948 into the early 1950s. In fifteen-minute weekday chapters, drawn from actual fire-department case histories, young rookie Tim Collins learns the fire service under veteran Chief Bob Cody -- and each installment closes with a fire-safety lesson delivered straight to the show's young listeners. Lyle Sudrow plays Tim Collins; Cameron Prud'Homme, later a Tony-nominated Broadway actor, plays Chief Cody. The program was a genuine civic phenomenon: fire departments nationwide endorsed it, its Junior Firefighters Club let listeners earn ranks and badges from Rookie to Junior Fire Chief, and Cincinnati's fire chief credited it with a 20% drop in false alarms. The surviving Old Time Radio Researchers set preserves 196 recordings -- an unusually complete run of a continuing serial. No per-episode plot text survives in the free record, so this catalog carries the full titled run without invented synopses.

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