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Maple Bluff Fire Department Honored
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Madison Fire Chief Edward Page, center, presents a plaque from the International Fire Chiefs Association to Maple Bluff's volunteer fire department for achieving excellence in its home inspection program. The department has the highest fire insurance rating in the state. Shown in the image are, left to right: Phil Hausmann, village police and fire committee chairman; Shorewood Hills Fire Chief Chris Bertelsen; Chief Page; Maple Bluff Fire Chief Larry Nielsen, and Jack Reynoldson, village president.
January 14, 1960
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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