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The following galleries feature the fire photography of Chris and Bill Tompkins. The photos mainly cover jobs in the Northern New Jersey and Metro New York City area.
We would like to thank all the members of the Fire Departments (and from time to time Police Officers) who have extended us courtesies on the fireground to make these photos possible.
All of the galleries are listed by date. If you would rather view by municipality, just use the search above by typing in the name of the town.
While this site is mainly for information purposes, all of the photos are available for sale. Click on the shopping cart for information on photo sizes and gifts available and prices. If you are a member of the Department shown in the photo and want to purchase a copy, please contact Bill at peterscamera@optonline.net for a discounted price.
Thanks, and be safe
Please check back often, this site is under construction and will be for a while. Thirty years of fire photos will be on this site. It will take time to finish. So please be patient.
NOTE: Please excuse the low quality scans of the earlier fires. We are still trying to set up the format of the website. First we wanted to list every year (done). Then we are setting up galleries of each fire in each of those years (done). And now we are adding more photos to each gallery. (DONE BACK THROUGH 1994) Eventually all galleries will have more photos and at much higher quality. Please bear with us. Thanks.

Gallery Categories

World Trade Center Memorial in Light

3 galleries with 86 photos

Updated: May 30, 2009 11:52am EDT

FDNY Bus Trip

1 gallery with 43 photos

Updated: May 18, 2009 12:46pm EDT

FIRE SERVICE CALENDARS

29 galleries with 58 photos

Updated: Jul 03, 2009 12:45pm EDT

2009

34 galleries with 1315 photos

Updated: Jun 28, 2009 10:03pm EDT

2008

56 galleries with 1402 photos

Updated: Dec 29, 2008 10:41am EDT

2007

40 galleries with 557 photos

Updated: Apr 09, 2009 7:56pm EDT

2006

37 galleries with 574 photos

Updated: Jun 01, 2009 12:15pm EDT

2005

47 galleries with 949 photos

Updated: May 22, 2009 2:16pm EDT

2004

42 galleries with 800 photos

Updated: Apr 24, 2009 5:04pm EDT

2003

41 galleries with 707 photos

Updated: May 30, 2009 12:27pm EDT

2002

45 galleries with 742 photos

Updated: Apr 25, 2009 4:12pm EDT

2001

51 galleries with 927 photos

Updated: May 16, 2009 5:31pm EDT

2000

51 galleries with 1169 photos

Updated: Apr 28, 2009 5:42pm EDT

1999

27 galleries with 715 photos

Updated: Apr 29, 2009 5:00pm EDT

1998

27 galleries with 650 photos

Updated: May 14, 2009 1:46pm EDT

1997

33 galleries with 790 photos

Updated: May 29, 2009 6:27pm EDT

1996

26 galleries with 523 photos

Updated: May 14, 2009 5:18pm EDT

1995

30 galleries with 741 photos

Updated: May 14, 2009 6:10pm EDT

1994

22 galleries with 383 photos

Updated: May 30, 2009 11:49am EDT

1993

24 galleries with 390 photos

Updated: May 29, 2009 10:32am EDT

1992

21 galleries with 424 photos

Updated: Jun 27, 2009 1:28pm EDT

1991

18 galleries with 360 photos

Updated: Feb 27, 2009 12:56pm EDT

1990

12 galleries with 157 photos

Updated: May 19, 2009 3:51pm EDT

1989

15 galleries with 249 photos

Updated: Mar 14, 2009 1:34pm EDT

1988

10 galleries with 191 photos

Updated: Jun 27, 2009 12:45pm EDT

1987

11 galleries with 184 photos

Updated: Jun 27, 2009 1:15pm EDT

1986

9 galleries with 144 photos

Updated: Apr 09, 2009 1:54pm EDT

1985

18 galleries with 248 photos

Updated: Apr 04, 2009 12:58pm EDT

1984

2 galleries with 13 photos

Updated: Apr 13, 2009 3:17pm EDT

1983

3 galleries with 44 photos

Updated: Apr 14, 2009 2:04pm EDT

1982

6 galleries with 79 photos

Updated: May 29, 2009 10:47am EDT

1981

9 galleries with 132 photos

Updated: Apr 17, 2009 1:27pm EDT

1980

21 galleries with 379 photos

Updated: Apr 22, 2009 5:22pm EDT

1979

1 gallery with 11 photos

Updated: May 05, 2009 4:58pm EDT

1978

2 galleries with 139 photos

Updated: Jun 27, 2009 1:34pm EDT

1976

2 galleries with 39 photos

Updated: May 07, 2009 8:03pm EDT

1975

1 gallery with 19 photos

Updated: May 08, 2009 4:42pm EDT

Other

2 galleries with 199 photos

Updated: Jun 24, 2009 6:31pm EDT

Apparatus

17 galleries with 679 photos

Updated: Jun 28, 2009 10:52pm EDT