MWCFD Retired

08/15/2026

Happy Birthday Chief!!

Happy 80th Birthday to retired Assistant Chief Woody Woodard! 🎉🚒

Members of our crew recently had the honor of stopping by to celebrate this milestone birthday with Chief Woodard.
A long-time Assistant Chief and proud Vietnam Veteran, Chief Woodard is the definition of "Old School."

Throughout his career, he was known for his unwavering dependability and the immense pride he took in leading a shift of well-trained, disciplined firefighters who were always ready to answer the call.

Thank you, Chief Woodard, for your dedicated service to our country and to the Midwest City community. Wishing you a wonderful 80th year! 🇺🇸👨‍🚒

07/13/2026

October 13th, 1980 … D. Fogle and R. Jenkins demo recently delivered Engine 1 - a 1980 Ford Boardman, later reassigned to Engine 2 in the mid 80’s and had the top half of the cab painted white.

(Additional details, stories, and corrections always welcomed)

c/o OHS

06/09/2026

****** 2026 ORFA Convention ******

We were well represented today at the 45th annual Oklahoma Retired Firefighters Association convention in Yukon, OK.

Front row .. J. Meek, J. McManus (ret. Del City FD), S. McManus
Back row .. J. Williams, M. Dickson, S. Lockhart, Chief M. Bower, T. Shores, R. Foster, T. Lopez

06/08/2026

******* Monday Memories ********

Pictured L to R on July 5th, 1985- J. Clark, M. Zeckser, R. Roberts, S. Masoner … summer yard work in Class A’s 🤔🤣???





(Additional details / stories / corrections always encouraged and welcomed)

c/o in house

06/08/2026

********* Update **********

https://www.bfpfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Phyllis-A-Fennell?obId=48619016&utm_source=copy+url&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=obituary-share&utm_content=copy+url

It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we pass along to our extended family everywhere that Phyllis “Mama” Fennell went to be with her husband, retired Asst Chief A. Fennell, and with our lord and savior Jesus Christ in heaven this evening. Please keep her family in your prayers in this time of grief and sorrow. When we find out arrangements for services we will pass it along here.

View Phyllis A Fennell's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.

05/29/2026

*** Update from family 6/3/26 ***

Continued prayers to Mama Fennell and her family from all of us at MWCFD Retired and from all who knew and loved her. Mrs. Fennell was placed in hospice care last night.
✝️🙏🏼✝️

*** Update from family 5/31/26 ***

At the doctors suggestion and families request due to Mama Fennell’s condition, all visitors will be restricted from now on except for immediate family. Family also wanted to give everyone a huge hug and thank you for all the prayers and well wishes for Mrs. Fennell.

— Our thoughts and prayers go out to Phyllis “Mama” Fennell after suffering a major stroke recently. Mrs. Fennel is the wife of retired Assistant Chief A. Fennell and mom to to retired Lt. M. Fennell. She’s currently at St. Anthony hospital having more tests and treatment as necessary. I spoke with Mark and he said any and all prayers would be greatly appreciated. Some of us older guys remember her quite fondly for bringing sweets to the stations at Christmas. Mrs. Fennell is also a former President of the Midwest City Firefighters Ladies Auxiliary. ✝️🙏🏼✝️

05/08/2026

******* Fire Truck Friday *******

Featured today is our 1952 Ford F-6 American LaFrance pumper serial number F-2606 delivered on 1/31/1953. She’s the third apparatus purchased by the department behind the 1945 American LaFrance B-675 featured last year and the 1946 American LaFrance Ford COE that will be featured soon. This rig was placed at the new station 2 at the corner of Key and Russell north of the original mile. She had a long service life with the department both as a front line apparatus and as a reserve. She had quite the interesting nickname of “Super Chicken” 🤣. She is remembered fondly is being a fast little rig because sometime during her service life, it had the original Ford engine replaced with a 327 Chevrolet small block. It was apparently quite the little hot rod! The picture here is one of only two known photographs that we’ve been able to discover and it was taken at a parade down Midamerica Blvd by the old Skytrain movie theater in the mid 50’s . The other photo will be in the comments. If you have any photos stashed away somewhere of this rig, could you possibly share them here and it would be greatly appreciated. Current whereabouts unknown.

(Additional details / stories / corrections always encouraged and welcomed)

c/o unknown photographer

05/04/2026

****** Monday Memories *******

March 1976 from L to R … D. Leonard, L. Claypool, Chief Canfield, R. Jiles

(Additionally details / stories / corrections always encouraged and welcomed)

c/o OHS

04/27/2026

******* Monday Memories *******

February 6th, 1992 - from L to R … Capt. J. Bell, J. Williams, and S. Masoner at the scene of an apartment fire in the 1400 blk. N. Midwest. As you can tell, we had quite the variety of bunker gear back then.

(Additional details / stories / corrections always encouraged and welcomed.)

c/o in-house collection

04/24/2026

******* Fire Truck Friday *******
————— Revisted ——————

One of the current members of the department stopped and grabbed a few photos of our 1960 Dodge / Boardman. Still sitting in a field out in Hammon, OK

c/o C. Straka