History of Fire service tech, tactics, and training

Firefighter deaths

Period: 100 to Dec 31, 2015

more firefighters die each year from cancer than any other cause of death with 3,200 deaths from cancer in 2012 alone.

First Fire Brigade

115

The first fire brigade is formed in rome in 115 B.C.

Jamestown FIre

Jan 1, 1608

Jamestown Virginia is almost completely destroyed in a fire in 1608

Great fire of London

Sep 4, 1666

Fire in London makes way for first organized firefighting companies

First Fire Engine

Dec 31, 1800

the first fire engines are constructed in the early 1800s

great fire of 1904

Apr 19, 1904

Fire destroyed 104 buildings in the central business district of Toronto, Ontario

Triangle shirtwaist fire

Mar 25, 1911

fire in a 10 story building and claimed the lives of 146 employees

MGM Grand hotel fire

Nov 21, 1980

fire in a 26 story hotel/casino killed 85 and injured 879

Murrah building bombing

Apr 19, 1995

168 people were killed when a truck bomb exploded outside a federal office building

world trade center

Sep 11, 2001

World trade center and pentagon were attacked by terrorists and have inspired an increase in funding for the fire and police service
" The events of September 11th, 2001, will forever alter the American landscape."

Station nightclub fire

Feb 20, 2003

100 patrons killed and 256 injured when stage pyrotechnics started a fire