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List Of Fire Department Specialty Facilities
{{Short description, none This is a list of specialty facilities of fire departments, besides fire stations, and not including fire lookout towers. Specialty functions include: *supporting separate water systems for firefighting, distinct from the main municipal water systems of cities *fire alarm headquarters For buildings which include a fire stations as well as some of these functions, see list of fire stations Notable specialized facilities include: ;in the United Kingdom *Defence Fire Training and Development Centre *London Fire Brigade Museum, in former London Fire Brigade headquarters ;in the United States *Pumping Station No. 2 San Francisco Fire Department Auxiliary Water Supply System (1912), which supports the separate firefighting water supply system in San Francisco, California * Fire Alarm, Telegraph and Police Signaling Building, Troy, New York * Tulsa Fire Alarm Building, Tulsa, Oklahoma *Fire Alarm Station, Tacoma, Washington * Milwaukee Fire Department High Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Stations
__NOTOC__ A fire station (also called a fire house, fire hall, firemen's hall, or engine house) is a structure or other area for storing firefighting apparatuses such as fire engines and related vehicles, personal protective equipment, fire hoses and other specialized equipment. Fire stations frequently contain working and living space for the firefighters and support staff. In large US cities, fire stations are often named for the primary fire companies and apparatus housed there, such as "Ladder 49". Other fire stations are named based on the district, neighborhood, town or village where they are located, or given a number. Facilities A fire station will at a minimum have a garage for housing at least one fire engine. There will also be storage space for equipment, though the most important equipment is stored in the vehicle itself. The approaches to a fire station are often posted with warning signs, and there may be a traffic signal to stop or warn traffic when apparatus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Milwaukee is the List of United States cities by population, 31st largest city in the United States, the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States, and the second largest city on Lake Michigan's shore behind Chicago. It is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area, the fourth-most densely populated metropolitan area in the Midwestern United States, Midwest. Milwaukee is considered a global city, categorized as "Gamma minus" by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, with a regional List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP, GDP of over $102 billion in 2020. Today, Milwaukee is one of the most ethnicity, ethnically and Cultural diversity, cult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Firefighting Museums
Fire museums, also known as firefighting museums are prevalent throughout the world. Australia *The Old Perth Fire Station in Perth houses the Fire Safety Education Centre and Museum since 1985. *The Fire Services Museum of Victoria is in Melbourne. *The Penrith Museum of Fire is located in Sydney. Canada * Canadian Fire Fighters Museum – Port Hope, Ontario. * Fire Fighters Museum – Winnipeg, Manitoba * Regional Firefighters Interpretation Center – Nova Scotia. * Firefighters' Museum of Nova Scotia - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. China The Fire Services Museum in Macau opened in 1999. Estonia The Estonian Firefighting Museum in Tallinn was established in 1974. Ireland The Dublin Fire Brigade has a museum in the O'Brien Institute Japan The Yotsuya firefighting station in Shinjuku City houses an extensive museum spread over several floors. The 5th and 4th floors cover the history of firefighting in Tokyo, whereas the 3rd floor is dedicated to modern firefighting. The bas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Firefighting Monuments And Memorials
This is a list of firefighting monuments and memorials which provide notable commemoration of firefighters' contributions. It also includes some notable monuments and memorials to fire victims other than firefighters, such as the mass memorial to unknown victims of the 1871 Peshtigo fire, which caused the greatest loss of life of any fire in the United States. A number of the monuments and memorials are listed on historic registers such as, in the U.S., the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Australia * Firefighters' Memorial Grove or Firefighters Memorial Grove (2014), Kings Park, Western Australia * Mooney Memorial Fountain (1880), Brisbane, Queensland *Firefighters Memorial Wall, CFA Training College, Fiskville, Victoria, access closed in 2015 * Victorian Emergency Services Memorial, Melbourne, Victoria, expected to be complete by 2019. *Fallen Firefighter Memorial, Richmond, Victoria Canada * Canadian Firefighters Memorial, Ottawa, dedicated in 2012 *The Halifax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Fire Stations
This is a list of notable current and former fire stations, which are also called "fire houses", "fire halls", "engine houses", "hook and ladder companies" and other terms. It includes combination buildings, such as city halls or other government buildings that include a fire station. This list is intended to include all historic fire stations which have formally been listed on historic registers, as well as modern ones notable for their architecture or other reasons. This list is not intended to cover fire department buildings that are purely administrative. Nor does it cover specialty buildings serving as fire alarm headquarters or pumping stations for water supply systems dedicated to firefighting; for these see List of fire department specialty facilities. Note the term "engine houses" may refer to other collections of engines, e.g. for supplying power to factories; these are covered in a separate list of engine houses. Narrow towers rising above many fire station buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireboat Station
The Fireboat Station in Tacoma, Washington, built in 1928, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. It was the base for three fireboats. The station was deemed "significant for its association with the development of Tacoma's port/industrial district and the growth of the city's vital municipal services. The station is also an important local example of innovations in fire station design that followed the motorization of firefighting equipment." It was the city's smallest fire station, and a picturesque one. It was designed by architect Morton J. Nicholson, and is Craftsman in style. With Built in 1928 as part of a bond-funded project that built three other stations, as well as the Fire Alarm Station. While fireboats were still housed there in 2008, the station itself was no longer staffed. Gallery File:Tacoma Fireboat Station.jpg, With prominent hose tower File:Fireboat1-ruston-way-tacoma.jpg, Fireboat No. 1, built in 1929, retired from active duty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drill Tower
A drill tower is a tower and training facility for firefighters. It is usually built within a fire station facility for routine exercises and training. Structure A drill tower is a multi-level structure simulating high-rise buildings. Heights vary by location. Use Towers can help firefighters deal with real-life situations, including running upstairs with heavy equipment, using rope and safety nets, and operating a fire engine in a confined space. See also * Buford Tower: historic example *Fire lookout tower *Hose tower A hose tower is a structure constructed for hanging firehoses to dry. Hose towers have been features of some fire station designs in Canada, Germany, and the United States. The purpose of such towers was to hang and dry canvas hoses, slowing the ... References Firefighter training Fire stations {{Emergency-services-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Department Headquarters-Fire Alarm Headquarters
The Fire Department Headquarters-Fire Alarm Headquarters is an historic structure located in the Bloomingdale neighborhood in Washington, D.C. It was listed on both the District of Columbia Inventory of Historic Sites and on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. The building was designed by Nathan C. Wyeth and built in 1939 along the McMillan Reservoir The McMillan Reservoir is a reservoir in Washington, D.C. that supplies the majority of the city's municipal water. It was originally called the Howard University Reservoir or the Washington City Reservoir, and was completed in 1902 by the U.S. Ar .... References Government buildings completed in 1939 Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington, D.C. {{WashingtonDC-NRHP-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milwaukee Fire Department High Pressure Pumping Station
The Milwaukee Fire Department High Pressure Pumping Station, at 2011 South 1st Street in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was built in 1931. It has also been known as the Kinnickinnic River Pumping Station. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 and the building was demolished in 2018. History The building was built to replace the function of Milwaukee Fire Department Fireboat No. 17 in the area around the pumping station, which was an area of heavy industry and where streets, railway tracks, bridges and the Kinnickinnic River crossed multiple times. It provided assurance that high pressure water could be supplied to fight fires in the area, and required a six-man crew rather than the 16-man crew required to man the fireboat. The station's 600 h.p. Allis-Chalmers three-stage centrifugal M-i type pumps delivered water at pressures on the order of 475 pounds per square inch through special mains 12 to 20 inches in diameter, as compared to a conventional city water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Lookout Tower
A fire lookout tower, fire tower or lookout tower, provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout" whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness. It is a small building, usually on the summit of a mountain or other high vantage point, to maximize viewing distance and range, known as ''view shed''. From this vantage point the fire lookout can see smoke that may develop, determine the location by using a device known as an ''Osborne Fire Finder'', and call fire suppression personnel to the fire. Lookouts also report weather changes and plot the location of lightning strikes during storms. The location of the strike is monitored for a period of days afterwards, in case of ignition. A typical fire lookout tower consists of a small room, known as a ''cab,'' atop a large steel or wooden tower. Historically, the tops of tall trees have also been used to mount permanent platforms. Sometimes natural rock may be used to create a lower platform. In cases ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fire Alarm Station
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products. At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition point, flames are produced. The ''flame'' is the visible portion of the fire. Flames consist primarily of carbon dioxide, water vapor, oxygen and nitrogen. If hot enough, the gases may become ionized to produce plasma. Depending on the substances alight, and any impurities outside, the color of the flame and the fire's intensity will be different. Fire in its most common form can result in conflagration, which has the potential to cause physical damage through burning. Fire is an important process that affects ecological systems around the globe. The positive effects of fire include stimulating growth and maintaining various ecological systems. Its negative effects include hazard to life and property, atmospheric pollution, and water contamination. If fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulsa Fire Alarm Building
The Tulsa Fire Alarm Building is a historic Art Deco building at 1010 East Eighth Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was built in 1931 and served as the central reporting station for the Tulsa Fire Department. Fires were reported from alarm boxes spread around town to this building and the firemen in this building would alert the fire station closest to the fire. At the time of its construction, this system was the best available alarm system. The building is just east of the Inner Dispersal Loop in Tulsa's Pearl District.Wade, Jarrel. "Local firefighting supporters raising money to buy Tulsa Fire Alarm Building for museum." ''Tulsa World''. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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