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Firefighting: Benjamin Franklin Fire Service Award for Valor, International Association of Fire Chiefs: Historical List; US National Fire Protection Association: Codes and Standards
International Association of Fire Chiefs: Historical List; US National Fire Protection Association: Codes and Standards, Firefighting: Benjamin Franklin Fire Service Award for Valor, International Association of Fire Chiefs, No date
The award recognizes firefighters around the world for their expert training, leadership, heroic actions and safe practices. Named after Benjamin…
Tags: Awards, Benjamin Franklin, Fire, Firefighting, Public Service
Fire History Timeline 1804-2004 National Park Service, National Park Service
National Park Service, Fire History Timeline 1804-2004 National Park Service, National Park Service, No date given
Since the establishment of Yellowstone National Park as the world’s first national park in 1872, the desire to suppress, control, and manage fire has…
Tags: Conservation, Department of the Interior, Fire, Fire History, National Park Service, Parks, Yellowstone
American La France Motorized Fire Engine, The Hall of Flame Fire Museum
The Hall of Flame Fire Museum, American La France Motorized Fire Engine, The Hall of Flame Fire Museum, 1938
"An old fire engine used in Burlington. It was the first of its kind to be motorized.
Motorized fire engines didn’t hit the streets until 1910,…
Tags: Fire, Fire Engine, Security
Engine Company No. 5, Ellery Eddy
Ellery Eddy, Engine Company No. 5, Cambridge Public Library, 1971
I can think of no more stirring symbol of man's humanity to man than a fire engine. by Kurt Vonnegut In 1736 Benjamin Franklin established the Union…
Tags: Cambridge, Fire, Fire Engine, Security
Keep your Fire Escapes Clear - New York City Residents Advisory, Federal Art Project
Federal Art Project, Keep your Fire Escapes Clear - New York City Residents Advisory, Federal Art Project, 1936 or 1937
Poster for the Tenement House Department of the City of New York advising that tenement house residents keep their fire escapes free of obstructions.
Tags: Fire, Fire Escape, New York, NYC, Tenements
Isidor Straus: Kruger and Firemen’s Memorial, Kruger and Firemen's Memorial Committee
Kruger and Firemen's Memorial Committee, Isidor Straus: Kruger and Firemen’s Memorial, The Straus Historical Society, Circa 1900s
The Kruger and Firemen's Memorial in New York City was first suggested in 1908 by the late Episcopal Bishop Henry C. Potter. He preached a sermon at…
Tags: Fire, Firemen, Isidor Straus, Kruger and Firemen Memorial, NYC, Titanic