Prescott Fire Dept. History: Firefighter/Paramedic Conrad Jackson

06/15/17 • 28 min

Firefighting in the old days was wild and sometime,s violent, as competing fire companies tried to be the first to respond. Money was on the line, and these guys wanted the money. Prescott firefighter Conrad Jackson wrote a book about his department's history a couple of years back, and he's now the go-to source for info about the state of Arizona's oldest department.

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