Since the 19th century, the Hagerstown Fire Department has consisted of the following companies: First Hagerstown Hose, Antietam Fire, Independent Junior Fire, Western Enterprise Fire, Pioneer Hook & Ladder, and, since 1950, South Hagerstown Fire. In about 1895, the Hagerstown Fire Department began the transition from an all-volunteer force to a combination volunteer/career force. This second collection of historic firefighting images is a chronology of the Hagerstown Fire Department from 1791 to 2005. During that period, there were significant advances in firefighting equipment, technology, and firefighting training. In this volume, more than 200 images capture the firefighters and fire apparatus in action at fires and also the daily activities defining each era. Whether they were using buckets, hand- or horse-pulled apparatus, or half-million dollar motorized equipment, the firefighters of Hagerstown have always faced challenges with courage. The images in this volume bring to life the men and women who sacrificed so much.
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Author Justin T. Mayhue has been a career Hagerstown firefighter since 1983 and a captain since 2002. Born in Hagerstown, Justin serves as a fire instructor at the Maryland Fire & Rescue Institute and a volunteer firefighter at the Longmeadow Volunteer Fire Company. This, his second book with Arcadia, is a fitting tribute to the brave professionals who have protected Hagerstown for over 200 years.
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Another excellant booklet about the early days of small town America and its dedicated firefighters. These great individuals became committed and did this for the honor of protecting their fellowman and their communities. A must-have for the bookshelf of fire buffs and early Americana collectors.
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One of the earliest tools used to extinguish fires was the leather hucket. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hose Company, Western Enterprise, Antietam Fire Company, Washington County, South Hagerstown, Pioneer Hook, Courtesy of the William Dieterich, Ladder Company, Courtesy of the Henry, Courtesy of the Herb Smith, South Potomac Street, James Balogh, Summit Avenue, West Franklin Street, Courtesy of the Harry Daveler, Hagerstown Fire Department, James Sprecher, Kyd Dieterich, Richard Trovinger, William Karn, Benjamin Conrad, Courtesy of the William Kershner, North Potomac Street, Western Maryland Room, Charles Stone New!
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One of the earliest tools used to extinguish fires was the leather hucket. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hose Company, Western Enterprise, Antietam Fire Company, Washington County, South Hagerstown, Pioneer Hook, Courtesy of the William Dieterich, Ladder Company, Courtesy of the Henry, Courtesy of the Herb Smith, South Potomac Street, James Balogh, Summit Avenue, West Franklin Street, Courtesy of the Harry Daveler, Hagerstown Fire Department, James Sprecher, Kyd Dieterich, Richard Trovinger, William Karn, Benjamin Conrad, Courtesy of the William Kershner, North Potomac Street, Western Maryland Room, Charles Stone New!
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- Washington County (GA) (Images of America) by Washington County Historical Society on 6 pages
- History of Western Maryland by J. Thomas Scharf in Back Matter
- Country Club !!! by Rober B. Pile on page 45
- Washington Square (Signet Classics) by Henry James on page 28
- The Rescue Squad by Paul White on page 89
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