9/4/1894 the first fog nozzle for fighting fire was patented. A fog nozzle breaks water flowing through it into “tiny” droplets, creating more surface area absorbing the heat and creating steam. The A. J. Morse company made a brass 2-½” “fireboat type nozzle and stand” with … [Read more...]

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...]

9/2/1975 the 1st reported Learn Not to Burn® PSA started in Jamaica Plain, MA and, 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...]

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...]

8/31/1968 the In-Crowd Lounge fire killed thirteen in Gary, IN that may have been the work of an arsonist; the fire extended from the tavern into apartments above. “The blaze may have been triggered by an explosion in the basement under the In-Crowd Lounge, on the first floor of … [Read more...]

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.” 8/30/1975 a Philadelphia, PA firefighter “died of burns that resulted from Golf Oil Refinery fire on August 17, … [Read more...]

8/29/2005 “the effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans included 1,464 to 1,836 deaths, 80% flooding of the city, and many burned buildings. Aid to firefighters from firefighters poured into Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama from around the nation as soon as, and often … [Read more...]

8/28/1905 a Chicago, IL firefighter died “while fighting a barn fire at 5238 North Clark Street. Engine 79 was the first fire company on the scene, and the firefighter rushed into the burning barn after spectators mistakenly informed him that the barn foreman’s family was trapped … [Read more...]

8/27/1867 a Manhattan, New York (FDNY) firefighter “was killed when he fell 65 feet to the ground from a roof while operating at a fire.” 8/27/1916 two Milwaukee, WI firefighters died at “the Waltham Piano Factory fire at 1st and Becker Streets. The two firefighters grabbed … [Read more...]

8/26/1929 a Newark, NJ firefighter died while “he was fighting a fire on Charlton Street when he was hit by a falling beam.” 8/26/1956 a Manhattan, New York (FDNY) firefighter “died of the injuries he sustained on August 23, 1956, while operating at a two-alarm … [Read more...]