AFD marks 75th anniversary


July 28, 2013 at 5:27p.m.

AFD marks 75th anniversary

AUSTINTOWN

Austintown Fire Chief Andrew Frost III still gets goosebumps when he remembers the day a building almost collapsed on firefighters, including himself.

Likewise, his father, Andrew Frost Jr., the former chief, remembers that day as one of the scariest moments he had in 46 years with the department.

The 2006 Youngstown Steel Door Industries collapse is just one of the moments making up the 75 years the Austintown Fire Department has been serving the community and making changes to grow with the population.

Read the full story in Monday’s Vindicator