The committee proceeded to Meadville, where they looked at and tested an 1864 Amaskeag steam fire engine. After some minor repairs, the steamer arrived in Chambersburg via the Cumberland Valley ...

A 1919 fire engine once used by United Steam Fire Engine Company 3 will be displayed at the Frederick County Fire & Rescue Museum in Emmitsburg through the summer season, ...

Over the years, the fire department was still using the hand-operated fire equipment. In 1871, Chambersburg Fire Department added a steam fire engine to its roster of fire apparatus.

OWEGO (WBNG) -- The Owego Fire Department partnered with Firehouse Sub to raise money for a steam engine restoration. The event runs from April 15 to April 20.

Some steam fire engines weighed well over 6,000 pounds. Somewhere in the bowels of Station 8 is a poster with the photos of all the horses that served the firefighters, complete with their names.

The operator explained different compartments and all the tools that crews bring along when they respond to a fire. The engine can hold 300 gallons of water, firefighting line gear, fuel storage ...

The last use of a horse-drawn fire apparatus in D.C. is often remembered as the staged "Last Running of the Horses'" on June 15, 1925. But on Dec. 30, 1924, Engine Company No. 18 was the last to ...

The beacon belonged to the Philadelphia Fire Department's former chief, who took over in the late 1800s when fires were fought with horses, steam engines and other antiquities.