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first idea of fire service
franklin rosevelt urges the importance of fire prevention and decides to send an anonomis letter to his news paper to witch in turn suggested a group or club should be dedicated to fighting fires and go to every fire to do so
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first official fire company
with franklins guiding 30 men came together to form the union fire company
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bucket brigades
during the 1700s firefighters pulled tubs of water on weels to the fire and used leather buckets to sscoop up the water out of the tub and thew the water on the fire
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introduction to horse drawn engines
the introduction of paid firefighters made possibilities for horses to pull the now steam powered engine but the personell had to run to the fire
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/fire-truck-history-7249.html -
first self propelled fire engine
the first steam powered self propelled fire engine was made in new york by P.R hope
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first civilian ambulance
sivilian ambulance services in the united states began in new york a hospital intern rode in horse drawn carages designed specifically for transporting sick and injured implemented by hospitals
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first areomedical transportation
pergian siege of paris used hot air ballons to evacuate wounded soldiers -
first police car
the first police car was a wagon run on electicity and needed to be rechrged every 30 miles
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first known air ambulance
first known air ambulace aircraft was built in north carolina and tested in florida but failed after flying 400 yards and crashing
http://www.emsedsem.org/ctemsi/HISTORY%20OF%20EMERGENCY%20MEDICAL%20SERVICES.pdf -
replacements of horses
funeral home horses were replaceed by firedepartment, rescue squad and private ambulances -
first volunteer resque squad
first volunteer resque squads organized in roanoke virginia and along the new jersey coast
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first motorized police car
Ford introduced the Ford flathead V-8 modle B The first low-priced mass-marketed car with a V8 engine that captured the police car market till 1968
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first diesel fire engine
the first diesel (commins) fire engine was built in 1937 by Harry C. Stutz
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turn over of ambulances
hospitals begin to struggle to keep there ambulances running so the government turned ambulance service over to fire departments and police no specific training was not required but basic first aid
http://www.emsedsem.org/ctemsi/HISTORY%20OF%20EMERGENCY%20MEDICAL%20SERVICES.pdf -
first helicopters used
helicopters began to be used for medical evacuations during the korean war
http://www.emsedsem.org/ctemsi/HISTORY%20OF%20EMERGENCY%20MEDICAL%20SERVICES.pdf -
helicopter evac service
DOD and DOT team up to form an emergeny helicopter evacuation service
http://www.emsedsem.org/ctemsi/HISTORY%20OF%20EMERGENCY%20MEDICAL%20SERVICES.pdf