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The opening page of the inaugural issue of Fire Watch (Vol. 1 No. 1, Spring 1977), the magazine published by and for Camden firefighters, with its table of contents, a note on the cover photo of the 6 June 1976 Harris Terminal Complex fire at Mt. Ephraim Avenue and Fairview Street, and the department, union and staff directories.
A general-alarm fire raged for four hours on March 7, 1967, destroying the L-shaped building at 613 Broadway that housed Anthony Corradetti Sales Enterprises, a distributor of toys, novelties and household goods, along with two nearby residences on Line Street, before almost 100 firemen brought it under control.
Fires attributed to arsonists badly damaged the Mount Zion Pentecostal Church at 915 North Front Street and vacant houses at 1133 Lawrence Street and 905 North Front Street; Fire Inspector John Gaffney said the fires were "definitely set."