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the romans hired a 7000 people fire fighting force.
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First structure fire
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New York was the first in the New World to appoint fire inspectors with the authority to impose fines for fire code violations.
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leather hose and couplings for joining lengths together were produced; though leather hose had to be sewn like a fine boot, fabric and rubber-treated hose did not come into general use until 1870.
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In 1679, Boston imported the first fire engine to reach America from London.
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A baker must have three buckets and a brewer had to have six buckets on hand in case of fire.
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Benjamin Franklin, already one of the most influential men in Pennsylvania, began urging readers of his "Pennsylvanian Gazette" to establish fire-fighting companies.
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insurance companies in the colonies began issuing plaques, or "fire marks," to be prominently displayed on building fronts as an incentive for volunteer fire fighters to save their insured buildings.
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to create the first fire alarm box system. Later that year Boston had fire alarm boxes all over the city. The first box was struck on April 29th of that same year.
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the two functions were combined, one engine both propelling the truck and driving the pump.
