Much like how dirt bike helmets are shaped differently, firefighter helmets have always been a unique design, starting with the "stovepipe" helmet from the colonial days.It wasn't until 1836 that ...

Helmet Frontpiece, “Volunteer Fireman of Stonington, CT to Passaic Fire Co. of Paterson NJ” National Museum of American History. ... The frontpiece (also known as shield or badge) of firefighting ...

The story began to unfold when a couple began cleaning out a storage area in the basement of their new home in Lorain, and discovered an old firefighter’s helmet.

When Earstine Casnave saw the pink fireman’s helmet in the newspaper, she knew she had to have it. The 86-year-old Lacombe resident wasn’t sure why the helmet moved her so greatly, but her ...