On 11/10/1898 two Cambridge, Massachusetts firefighters died “while operating at a fire in a meat company icehouse, he climbed a ladder and attempted to open a door. As he opened the door a blast of fire knocked him from the ladder to the pavement, where he died 15 minutes later. … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 11/9
On 11/9/1872 eleven firefighters died during the Boston (Massachusetts) Conflagration that burned for 15 hours destroying around 800 buildings, and extended over 65 acres, from the Common, north from Summer Street to the waterfront. The fire began in the basement of a five-story … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 11/8
On 11/8/1879 the first mechanical water tower in New York, New York was recorded. John Logan and Abner Greenleaf developed a 50-foot mast water tower consisting of pipe sections raised manually by cranks capable of delivering a large-capacity elevated stream. On 11/7/1882 the … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 11/7
On 11/7/1897 in Saint Augustine, Florida the Hotel San Marco, “one of the finest and most commodious hotel properties in this city, burned to the ground after an arsonist started a fire. The rope to the fire bell was cut causing a delay in sounding the alarm. The standpipe … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 11/6
On 11/6/1896 the National Fire Protection Association was founded in Boston, Massachusetts with the mission "to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 11/5
On 11/5/1978 twelve hotel guests died when an arson fire raced through the 120-year-old Allen Motor Inn in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. “About 20 people were in the hotel when the fire broke out around 2:40 a.m. The building was constructed in 1857 and was a landmark in the center … [Read more...]
FIREFIGHTER HISTORY 11/4
On 11/4/1902 a “premature explosion of fireworks in Madison Square Garden in New York, New York killed twelve and injured fifty a number seriously. As the election excitement was at its height in Madison Square, shortly before 10 o'clock, a terrific explosion of fireworks … [Read more...]