Firefighters


Firefighters was a syndicated series that aired in more than 200 markets from the late 1940s to the early 1950s. It followed the adventures of rookie firefighter Tim Collins (Lyle Sudrow) and Fire Chief Bob Cody (Cameron Prud’Homme). It was written by Frank Jones. While this appears to be Jones’ only radio credit, both Sudrow and Prud’Homme had long careers in radio soap operas, prime time radio programs, television, and movies. Sudrow’s steady gig was on both the radio and television series The Guiding Light starting in 1952. Prud’Homme acted in radio, television, and on Broadway (he was nominated for a supporting actor Tony award in 1958).  Firefighters was conceived by a Cincinnati ad agency, with the production recording of the syndicated series in NBC Radio’s studios in New York City. The program based its dramatized stories on real-life cases of fire departments. It covered forest fires, city fires, and those in industrial settings. The stories also explored accidental and arson fires. The goal of the program was to reduce the incidence of fires, and it appears it did, and also inspired the kids who listened to consider firefighting careers. Tim Collins, the hero of the story, became a firefighter after returning from the war. Fire Chief Bob Cody was the mentor of Collins and had a message for listeners about fire safety at the end of each episode. * * * These recordings are part of the Joe Hehn Memorial Collection. Mr. Hehn (1931-2020) was a pioneering collector of radio recordings when the hobby emerged in the 1960s. Digitizing his collection of reel tapes and discs is the effort of a wide range of North American volunteers, and includes assistance of some international collectors. The groups supporting this effort with their funds, time, technology and skills are the Old Time Radio Researchers and a small group of transcription disc preservationists who refer to themselves as the "The Knights of the Turning Table."

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

Chapters

Firefighters #00 Promotion and Audition Material 5:31
Firefighters #01 Tim Collins First Day On The Job 12:23
Firefighters #02 Search For Who Turned In False Alarm 12:15
Firefighters #03 Is Jimmy Responsible For False Alarms 12:07
Firefighters #04 Jimmy Not Responsible For Alarms 12:11
Firefighters #05 Tim Doesn't Get His Appointment 12:12
Firefighters #06 Fire At Tim's House Put Out 12:06
Firefighters #07 Tim Finally Makes The Fire Department 12:09
Firefighters #08 Tim Tries To Save A Man 12:19
Firefighters #09 Tim Trapped & Fights For Air 12:03
Firefighters #10 Chief Cody Orders More Men To Rescue Tim 12:21
Firefighters #100 Mrs Wilcox Informed How Fire Started 12:06
Firefighters #101 Barge Filled with Oil 11:50
Firefighters #102 Tug Boat Tries to Move 12:02
Firefighters #103 Barge Loose Threatens Water 12:10
Firefighters #104 Barge Moved Away From Pier 12:03
Firefighters #105 Barge Fire Is Put Out 12:01
Firefighters #106 Once Again Collecting Items 11:57
Firefighters #107 Snuff Box Disappears 12:07
Firefighters #108 Mister Darby Locked in Vault 12:25
Firefighters #109 Mister Darby Is Discovered 11:59
Firefighters #11 Tim & Watchman Saved 12:11
Firefighters #110 Darby Is Freed and Returns 11:55
Firefighters #111 Chief Cody Investigates 11:52
Firefighters #112 Tim Begins Investigating Fire 12:02
Firefighters #113 Fires Beginning in Mattress 12:18
Firefighters #114 Recalling Mattresses 12:16
Firefighters #115 Cotton Seeds Answer To Mattress Fires 12:07
Firefighters #116 Chief Cody on Vacation 12:25
Firefighters #117 Jim and Jack Attempt a Rescue 12:29
Firefighters #118 Tim Begins Scaling Tall Building 12:13
Firefighters #119 Tim Reaches Trapped Woman 12:20
Firefighters #12 How Fire Started Solved 11:54
Firefighters #120 Tim Rescues Jack and the Woman 12:23
Firefighters #121 Chief Cody Back, Problems With Monkeys 12:14
Firefighters #122 Everyone Trying To Catch Monkeys 12:18
Firefighters #123 Most Of The Monkeys Caught 12:17
Firefighters #124 Idea For Snake To Catch Monkeys 12:20
Firefighters #125 Snake Used & All Monkeys Are Caught 12:30
Firefighters #126 Friend Of Tim's Trapped In Fire 12:29
Firefighters #127 Tim's Friend Saved; Floor May Collapse 12:24
Firefighters #128 Tim Trapped Under Collapsed Floor 12:19
Firefighters #129 Tim Taps On Steam Pipe Saying He Is Alive 12:10
Firefighters #13 Tenement Fires Trap Woman & Baby 12:23
Firefighters #130 Tim Freed With Steam Shovel 12:21
Firefighters #131 Chief Cody and Tim Leave On Vacation 12:18
Firefighters #132 Fire in Baggage Area of Plane 12:19
Firefighters #133 Tim May Parachute To Save Plane 12:29
Firefighters #134 Tim Tries To Find Runway Lights 12:22
Firefighters #135 Automobile Headlights To Light Runway 12:15
Firefighters #136 Vacation at Plum Valley 12:22
Firefighters #137 Several Fires In A Small Town 12:32
Firefighters #138 Small Town Newspaper Burns 12:27
Firefighters #139 Campaign Started For Full Time Firemen 12:20
Firefighters #14 Woman & Baby Saved 12:09
Firefighters #140 Tom Calpepper To Oppose The Towns Mayor 12:17
Firefighters #141 Campaign To Obtain New Firefighting Equipment pt 1 12:25
Firefighters #142 Campaign To Obtain New Firefighting Equipment pt 2 12:28
Firefighters #143 Campaign To Obtain New Firefighting Equipment pt 3 12:34
Firefighters #144 Campaign To Obtain New Firefighting Equipment pt 4 12:22
Firefighters #145 Campaign To Obtain New Firefighting Equipment pt 5 12:34
Firefighters #146 The Man Who Was Too Clever pt 1 12:46
Firefighters #147 The Man Who Was Too Clever pt 2 12:16
Firefighters #148 The Man Who Was Too Clever pt 3 12:34
Firefighters #149 The Man Who Was Too Clever pt 4 12:24
Firefighters #15 Tim Tries To Save Wife Of Arsonist 12:05
Firefighters #150 The Man Who Was Too Clever pt 5 12:41
Firefighters #151 Red Horse Revine Adventures pt 1 12:29
Firefighters #152 Red Horse Revine Adventures pt 2 11:25
Firefighters #153 Red Horse Revine Adventures pt 3 12:23
Firefighters #154 Red Horse Revine Adventures pt 4 12:29
Firefighters #155 Red Horse Revine Adventures pt 5 12:24
Firefighters #156 The Motion Picture Mystery pt 1 12:15
Firefighters #157 The Motion Picture Mystery pt 2 12:25
Firefighters #158 The Motion Picture Mystery pt 3 12:32
Firefighters #159 The Motion Picture Mystery pt 4 12:38
Firefighters #16 Woman Saved & Tim Rescued 12:16
Firefighters #160 The Motion Picture Mystery pt 5 12:20
Firefighters #161 Mystery Of The Unnecessary Accident pt 1 12:36
Firefighters #162 Mystery Of The Unnecessary Accident pt 2 12:21
Firefighters #163 Mystery Of The Unnecessary Accident pt 3 12:25
Firefighters #164 Mystery Of The Unnecessary Accident pt 4 12:16
Firefighters #165 Mystery Of The Unnecessary Accident pt 5 12:23
Firefighters #166 The Case Of The Runaway Spaghetti pt 1 12:31
Firefighters #167 The Case Of The Runaway Spaghetti pt 2 12:18
Firefighters #168 The Case Of The Runaway Spaghetti pt 3 12:30
Firefighters #169 The Case Of The Runaway Spaghetti pt 4 12:20
Firefighters #17 Man Confesses To Starting Fires 12:08
Firefighters #170 The Case Of The Runaway Spaghetti pt 5 12:29
Firefighters #171 High Tension Adventure pt 1 12:43
Firefighters #172 High Tension Adventure pt 2 12:22
Firefighters #173 High Tension Adventure pt 3 12:17
Firefighters #174 High Tension Adventure pt 4 12:21
Firefighters #175 High Tension Adventure pt 5 12:24
Firefighters #176 Quick Burner Adventure pt 1 12:26
Firefighters #177 Quick Burner Adventure pt 2 12:17
Firefighters #178 Quick Burner Adventure pt 3 12:24
Firefighters #179 Quick Burner Adventure pt 4 12:27
Firefighters #18 Tim To Northside School To Give Talk 12:24
Firefighters #180 Quick Burner Adventure pt 5 12:26
Firefighters #181 Paul Revere Adventure pt 1 12:21
Firefighters #182 Paul Revere Adventure pt 2 12:22
Firefighters #183 Paul Revere Adventure pt 3 12:21
Firefighters #184 Paul Revere Adventure pt 4 12:17
Firefighters #185 Paul Revere Adventure pt 5 12:22
Firefighters #186 The Fire Mystery pt 1 12:22
Firefighters #187 The Fire Mystery pt 2 12:18
Firefighters #188 The Fire Mystery pt 3 12:30
Firefighters #189 The Fire Mystery pt 4 12:21
Firefighters #19 School Fire -Tim On Special Assignment 12:09
Firefighters #190 The Fire Mystery pt 5 12:18
Firefighters #191 The Wet Water Mystery pt 1 12:26
Firefighters #192 The Wet Water Mystery pt 2 12:05
Firefighters #193 The Wet Water Mystery pt 3 12:11
Firefighters #194 The Wet Water Mystery pt 4 12:19
Firefighters #195 The Wet Water Mystery pt 5 12:20
Firefighters #20 Tim Transferred To Engine Company 209 12:22
Firefighters #21 Searching for Fire on Ship Docks 12:26
Firefighters #22 Towboat Owner Is Mad 12:34
Firefighters #23 Towboat Owner Is at Fault 12:11
Firefighters #24 Chief Cody Is in Trouble 12:16
Firefighters #25 Chief Cody Talks with Nightclub Owner 12:03
Firefighters #26 Plans Made to Help Chief Cody 12:15
Firefighters #27 Chief Cody Threatens To Resign 12:13
Firefighters #28 Gang of Boys Setting Fires 12:23
Firefighters #29 Tim Undercover As Bum 12:15
Firefighters #30 Tim Trapped Puts Out Fire 12:27
Firefighters #31 Illusion Maker With Phosphorus 12:26
Firefighters #32 Tim & Chief Attend Demonstration 12:20
Firefighters #33 Everyone Escapes & Fire Put Out 12:12
Firefighters #34 Fire Department Displays Equipment 12:16
Firefighters #35 Idea For Fire Fighting Tug Boat 11:57
Firefighters #36 Tim's New Job - Fire Fighting Tub Boat 12:12
Firefighters #37 Bad Fire Aboard Grain Ship 12:05
Firefighters #38 Fire Put Out By Tug Boat Crew 12:10
Firefighters #39 Tim On Vacation To See Cousin 12:19
Firefighters #40 Problems Of Volunteer Fire Department 12:14
Firefighters #41 Chief Talks With Tim About His Ideas 12:02
Firefighters #42 Chief & Tim Have Idea To Haul Water 12:09
Firefighters #43 Forest Fire Breaks Out 12:15
Firefighters #44 Two Boys Trapped By Fire 12:12
Firefighters #45 Tim, Jim & Pete Safe In Cave 12:10
Firefighters #46 Forest Fire Under Control 12:10
Firefighters #47 Fire Stopped & Chief Cody Offered Job 12:04
Firefighters #48 Tim Attends Fire Fighters School 12:06
Firefighters #49 Tim & Crew Rescue A Cat 12:05
Firefighters #50 Jimmy Upset About Something 12:08
Firefighters #51 Problems With Jimmy & Whitey 12:27
Firefighters #52 North Side Junior Firefighters Problems 12:24
Firefighters #53 Jimmy & Whitey Back Together Again 12:12
Firefighters #54 Tracking Down Unsafe Electric Cords 12:21
Firefighters #55 Stopping People From Using Cords 12:48
Firefighters #56 Another Fire From Unsafe Electrical Cord 12:15
Firefighters #57 Man Caught Selling Bad Electric Cords 12:30
Firefighters #58 Problems With Drivers While Going To Fires 12:12
Firefighters #59 Two Men Start Turning In False Alarms 12:19
Firefighters #60 Men Continue Pulling False Alarms 12:20
Firefighters #61 Chief & Tim Try To Catch The Two Men 12:13
Firefighters #62 Railroad Flats Discussed As Dangerous 12:05
Firefighters #63 Children Trapped In Apartment Fire 12:10
Firefighters #64 Children Saved From Fire 11:58
Firefighters #65 Chief Talks About Fire Fighting 12:09
Firefighters #66 Story of Fire Burning Whole 12:09
Firefighters #67 Story Is Completed 11:54
Firefighters #68 Tim Might Be Promoted 12:24
Firefighters #69 Tim Wants Transfer to Rescue 12:09
Firefighters #70 Tim Assigned to Fire Prevention Play 12:10
Firefighters #71 Production of Fire Preventiion Play 12:15
Firefighters #72 Play Wasn't Properly Rehearsed 12:11
Firefighters #73 Chief Cody Saves the Play 12:16
Firefighters #74 Tim Transfers to the Rescue Unit 12:09
Firefighters #75 Tim's Having Problems 12:21
Firefighters #76 Tim Gets in a Boxing Match 12:09
Firefighters #77 Fire with Man Trapped in Vault 12:09
Firefighters #78 Trying to Open Vault 12:15
Firefighters #79 Vault Is Filling Up with Water 12:01
Firefighters #80 Man Rescued From the Vault 12:12
Firefighters #81 Tim Liked In Rescue Department 12:08
Firefighters #82 Tim To Go On Strange Fishing Trip 12:13
Firefighters #83 Tim Learns Hard Hat Diving Equipment 12:11
Firefighters #84 Counterfeit Plates Forced Underwater 12:13
Firefighters #85 Chief Gives Counterfeit Plates To Police 12:00
Firefighters #86 Fireman Missing, Linked To Plates 12:18
Firefighters #87 Tim Has Idea To Find Missing Fireman 12:05
Firefighters #88 Fireman Found & Claims Innocence 12:02
Firefighters #89 Firemen Work To Save Man Thought Drown 12:15
Firefighters #90 Fireman Cleared About Plates 12:10
Firefighters #91 Dealer Puts Gasoline In Apartment Oil Tank 12:08
Firefighters #92 Furnace Started Firemen Evacuating Building 12:05
Firefighters #93 Firemen Search for Valve To Shut Furnace Off 12:09
Firefighters #94 Jimmy Is in Crawl Space 11:59
Firefighters #95 Jimmy and Tim Get the Valve Shut Off 12:15
Firefighters #96 Jimmy and Trudy Collect Charity Items 11:50
Firefighters #97 Jimmy and Trudy Discover Fire At Wilcox Mansion 12:02
Firefighters #98 Jimmy and Trudy Suspected Of Arson 12:07
Firefighters #99 Tim and Chief Cody Figure Out How Fire Started 12:04