Monday marks the 100th anniversary of the last time a horse-drawn steam fire apparatus ... But on Dec. 30, 1924, Engine Company No. 18 was the last to respond to a real fire in Washington, D.C ...

Wouldn't it be great to turn back the hands of time and witness Chambersburg's horse drawn steam fire engines in action? This column will look at when steam fire engines made their entry into the ...

The very early fire engines (yes, fire trucks are called ... was the leading group when it came to transforming horse-drawn or steam-powered engines into something that could properly be called ...

The municipal corporation of Cincinnati have just had constructed for use in extinguishing fires, a steam fire-engine ; and at a ... any length of time. It is drawn by horses, assisted by the ...

On that occasion ten companies were drawn into ... the back of a wheel horse, seized the rein, spoke to the horses, and out we went kiting.” The steam engine in that anecdote was, most likely, the ...

The Florence Fire Department christened two new fire engines in a wet-down ritual — a tradition among fire services to ...

CHAMPAIGN — The Champaign Fire Department is inviting the public to an open house and ceremonial “push-in” of a new engine at Station 4, 2315 W. John St. The event will be held from 11 a.m ...

THE LIFE-SAVING work of fighting fires has come a long way from church wardens with buckets and horse-drawn fire engines, but Rochford's Old Fire Station harks back to a much more primitive ...

(WALB) - On Tuesday, the Valdosta Fire Department (VPD) celebrated the arrival of its new engine with a special push-in ceremony. “This tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn fire ...