More than 80 vintage fire trucks rolled into WheatonArts this weekend for the 37th annual Fire Apparatus Show and Muster in Millville, New Jersey. The grand display was a visual history of the ...

It was about 7,000 pounds. "That's about three-and-half tons," said William H. Rehr III, a retired Reading fire chief who is now president of the museum, which is in the former Liberty Fire Company.

When a horse-drawn apparatus goes down the street, horses do what horses do, and when they got back from a call, they would have to wash the fire apparatus.

Nassau Bay Fire Chief Tom George and Mayor Pro-Tem Dr. Sandra Mossman were key speakers at the event, a tradition that dates back to horse drawn fire apparatus.

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It will replace the decommissioned 116-year-old fire station, which was condemned after the floor collapsed inside the single-bay structure, originally built for horse-drawn fire apparatus.

It was originally designed to hold horse-drawn fire wagons, not fire engines that can weigh up to 60,000 pounds when carrying 500 gallons of water. On Friday, MFD confirmed it was the floor that ...

Elmira Fire Station No. 5 was built in 1911 and originally designed for horse-drawn fire apparatus.

ROCK SPRINGS — The Rock Springs Fire Department hosted a “Push-in” ceremony for their new engine, Engine 11 on Tuesday, Sept. 12. The “Push-in” ceremony originates from the days of horse ...

"These firehouses were built, you know, for the horse-drawn fire apparatus when they were originally built. And over the course of renovation and the years, we secure the floors," said Deputy ...