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Period: 100 to
Fire Fighting Time Toast
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150
First Attempt at Fire Fighting
Attempts at fire fighting were approximately around the 2nd century. -
Jan 4, 1500
Fire Pump is Reinvented & Rome Fire Brigade is Started
7,000 paid fire brigade members also patrolled the streets to enforce corporal punishment if fire prevention codes are not met. -
First Recorded Structure Fire in History
Fire in the colony of Jamestown. -
Governor Peter Stuyvesant
First Governor in New World to appoint Fire Inspectors and to impose fines for fire code violations. -
Catastrophic London Fire
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First Fire Hose
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First Fire Engine in America From London
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Bucket Brigades are Common in New York colony
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First Steam Fire Engine (in London)
The first steam fire engine was invented in 1829 but volunteer fire stations in London were slow to accept and use the latest fire fighting technology. -
First American Self-Propelled Steam Engine
A project started by insurance companies was scrapped after volunteer fire stations rarely used the steam engine. Later, the Cleveland, Ohio public had forced the use of this newest technology. -
First Fire Alarm Box
The first fire alarm box was invented by Dr. William F. Channing from Boston. This box first struck/rang on April 29th of 1852. -
Fire Hose in general popular use
Though the fire hose was invented almost 200 years earlier, it was not in general use until 1870.
