3/8/1915 FDNY Rescue Company 1 was placed in service, “at 8:00 a.m. Captain John McElligott picked up the phone at the housewatch desk of the Great Jones Street firehouse and told the dispatcher that Rescue Company 1 was in service. After the difficult and deadly subway fire in … [Read more...]

3/7/1834 a Manhattan, New York firefighter died “at a fire involving a commercial building, he was operating a hoseline in the doorway of the building. Firefighters knew that the building was doomed, but they were happy that they had confined the fire to the building of origin. A … [Read more...]

3/6/1910 an Anne Arundel County, Maryland firefighter “died after sustaining head injuries, he fell from a ladder while fighting a fire at Market and Fleet Street.” 3/6/1912 twenty firefighters were injured when a four-story brick wall collapsed during a building fire on South … [Read more...]

3/5/1770 a false alarm of fire leads to confrontations that result in the Boston Massacre, known to the British as the Incident on King Street, that left five civilians dead at the hands of British troops. “British troops had been stationed in the Province of Massachusetts Bay … [Read more...]

3/4/1908 the Collinwood School (near Cleveland, Ohio) fire (also known as the Lake View School fire) occurred on Ash Wednesday and killed 172 students, two teachers and a rescuer. The fire started in the four-story school house built of ordinary construction when a steam pipe … [Read more...]

3/3/1883 an Albany, New York firefighter was killed while operating at a general alarm grain elevator fire. 3/3/1884 a Philadelphia, PA firefighter “died as a result of injuries sustained February 20th, when he was caught under a collapsing wall while operating at a fire in … [Read more...]

3/2/1884 a Philadelphia, PA firefighter died from injuries he sustained after falling from a roof at 29 S. Water Street. 1/2/1899 a Philadelphia, PA firefighter “died as a result of pneumonia contracted due to severe exposure while operating at a five-alarm fire in a … [Read more...]