It is a combination of the well-known and extensively used endless j apron horse ... the hand engine and the expensive steam fire-engine. Its lightness enables it to be rapidly drawn to a fire ...

Before there were fire trucks, there were horses. Monday marks the 100th anniversary of the last time a horse-drawn steam fire apparatus responded to a fire within the District. To recognize the ...

Elmhurst officials dedicated the city’s newest fire engine with a ceremony last week that included rituals and traditions that date back to the horse-drawn fire apparatus of the 1800s.

The tradition of the fire engine push in ceremony dates back to the days of horse drawn fire apparatus. Upon returning from a call, firefighters would have to manually push their fire wagons back ...

(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 ...

As Lt. Patrick McCabe pointed out, the last time Lowell firefighters responded to a call with a horse-drawn apparatus was in ...

Push-in ceremonies were common in the horse-drawn fire engine days. The new engine brings more advanced technology that goes beyond what firefighters used when Dale began his career, he said.

The new engine is the latest step forward for the ... As one final tradition, Chief Smith explained that early horse-drawn fire tankers had to be pushed back into fire halls since, as he jokingly ...

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

The ceremony also dates back to the days when horse-drawn fire engines ... Gandee traveled to Johnson’s Fire Equipment in Wellston to pick up the new fire engine prior to its arrival.