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Chief Dutch Rapp belonged to many
Firefighters and Fire Chief's Associations and Organizations including:
- Mercer County Fire Chief's Association
- International Association of Fire Fighters
- International Association of Fire Chiefs
- Eastern Regional Fire Chief Association
- Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Association
- Pennsylvania State Firemen's Association
- Tri-State Fire Semmary
- International Association of Fire Instructors
- Pennsylvania State Fire Instructors
He held offices, presented programs and demonstra- tions, traveled to
conven- tions and conferences and made friends throughout Pennsylvania and
the United States.
Looking at fire
equipment at a convention in the 1960s (above). Taking photographs at
conventions was a favorite hobby of Dutch's. Shown here with his Kodak
Retina Reflex Camera (below).
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Dutch clowning around at a fire convention.
Chief Rapp's wife, Beatrice, is to his right
Dutch Giving a Presentation
Chief Rapp and his wife, Beatrice at the Lady Luck Casino while at a
convention in Las Vegas
Dutch photographed by Phil Waldman at the
Convention in Conshohocken, 1974
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