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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

U.S. Coast Guard, Battling Blaze on Deepwater Horizon Oilrig, U.S. Coast Guard, 2010

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed.
Mohandas K. Gandhi, quoted in Small is Beautiful by E. F.…

Tags: Deepwater Horizon, Disaster, Gulf of Mexico, Oil, Security

Fireworks Information Center, Consumer Product Safety Commission: Fireworks Information Center, CSPC, 2016

Fireworks are synonymous with our celebration of Independence Day. Yet, the thrill of fireworks can also bring pain. 240 people on average go the…

Tags: Fireworks, Safety, Security

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

U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI a Centennial History: 1908 - 2008, FBI, No date

In 2008 the United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) celebrated its 100th anniversary as a crime fighting and…

Tags: Cryptography, FBI, Intelligence, Security, Surveillance, Timelines, US

FEMA, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, No date given

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain…

Tags: DHS, Emergency, FEMA, Security, Terrorism

Thomas E. Franklin., Ground Zero Spirit, Ground Zero Spirit, 11-Sep-01

On September 11, 2001, in New York City the World Trade Center (WTC) was attacked by terrorists. Flight 11 and flight 175 were hijacked and flown into…

Tags: 9/11, Ground Zero, Security, Terrorism

Work Projects Administration Poster Collection, Handle with Care - Steering Wheels, Library of Congress, 1940-1950

Poster promoting safe driving showing a traffic signal and a steering wheel.Work Projects Administration Poster (WPA) Collection

Tags: Driving, Security, Traffic, Wheels

U.S. Government, History of the United States Secret Service, U.S. Government, 2002

The above is linked to the documented history of the United States Secret Service from its creation in 1865, in Washington D.C., to 2008.

Tags: National Defense, Security, Timelines, US Secret Service

Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC, Hurricane Katrina, NASA, 28 August 2005.

Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. An estimated 1,836 people died in the hurricane and the flooding…

Tags: Disaster, Emergency, Hurricanes, Katrina, Security