9/5/1926 a movie theater fire killed fifty in Dromcollogher, Ireland, a rural village. The only exit to temporary cinema in the upstairs loft of the hardware store was blocked by the projector set up on a table and the reels were placed beside it. Candles used as lighting, were … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 9/4
9/4/1894 the first fog nozzle was patented: a fog nozzle break water flowing through it into tiny droplets, creating more surface area absorbing the heat & creating steam. However, some sources suggest the nozzle was first patent was awarded to Doctor John Oyston in 1863. The … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 9/3
9/3/1991 the Imperial Foods Chicken processing plant fire killed twenty-five in Hamlet, NC. Twenty-five people were killed and fifty-four injured in a fire that trapped the occupants behind locked fire doors after a hydraulic line failure caused a fire. “The intense fire quickly … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 9/2
9/2/1975 the 1st reported Learn Not to Burn® PSA started in Jamaica Plain, MA & Muskegon, MI. 9/2/1666 The Great Fire of London, a major conflagration, swept through central London, burning from Sunday to Wednesday. The fire destroyed the medieval City of London consuming … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 9/1
9/1/1972 The Blue Bird Café and the Wagon Wheel, a country and western bar, fire in Montreal, Canada killed thirty-seven, a result of arson at the nightclub where more than 200 people were at the bar celebrating the Labor Day weekend. Three excessively intoxicated young men were … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 8/31
8/31/1883 a Chicago, IL firefighter died from injuries he received on August 28, 1883, when he was fatally injured fighting a fire on Blair Street. He fell off a ladder during firefighting operations. 8/31/1942 a Los Angeles County, CA firefighter “died from the injuries he … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 8/30
8/30/1885 a Manhattan, New York (FDNY) firefighter “was killed when he was caught under a collapsing wall at the Gardner Holmes Chair Factory on East 61st. Street.” 8/30/1976 a Queens, New York (FDNY) firefighter died “while operating at a four-alarm fire, He was killed when … [Read more...]