My grand father was a fireman that took care of the horses. I later became one of few female fire officers in the country following his footsteps. Very cool video. Thanks. By the way, the Dalmatian was used at fire stations for two reasons: (1) the dogs are very loyal and would know all the firefighters. They would keep everyone else away from the fire apparatus at the fire scene, and (2) the horses would sometimes get spooked by all the onlookers on the way to the fire so the dog would run in front of the horses to keep their mind on their duty. Those dogs knew their town’s streets very well and could lead the horses to the fires. We had a Dalmatian at my first fire house named Smokey. He would get in the cab with us to go to all the fires and had his own ID number.
Engine 101 4th set of horses pulling in beginning! So, my great great grandfather and great grandfather, we’re both engine 101 Brooklyn ny. I have the original pictures of the entire department in uniform, for both of them, horses steam engine the building etc
This is all true. My father was born in 1898 and was a volunteer fire chief in a small town in Ohio. He told me that the horses that originally pulled these things that he knew of loved to pull them and got so excited when the fire bell rang that they would run and put their heads through the horse collars ready to be hooked up and tear out for the fire.
The horses are constantly so full of adrenaline, and just wanting ACTION. They just loved the action, the smell of smoke and fire. Unfortunately is adrenaline (and cortisol) constantly running through your body not healthy. Lots of them died early. I heard stories about retired fire horses, who broke out of their stables when they heard the bell of the fire alarm at the fire station. They came running to the fire station, and wanted to be hooked up.
Pretty cool! This is the first video I've ever seen of horse n buggy fire apparatus. My grandfather drove the last horse-drawn fire engine in Chicago in 1923.
I swear i watched the video three times. Its just so impressive what was done even back in the day. What is crazy is that even today, 30 seconds is still standard for firehouse exit.
Through a coal furnace in the basement, the fire kept steam going to boiler of the pumper. Imagine the heat in the firehouse in July and August even with vents closed off.
Yup. They had a sophisticated closed-loop system that kept hot water, just shy of boiling, circulating through the boiler. The fire box of the boiler was kept ready with kindling soaked in kerosene. Incredibly, it took a good engineer only slightly longer time to build pressure enough to flow water than modern pampers can get water flowing.
The harness that you speak of (and show) was invented by George Hale, of the Kansas City, Mo Fire Department. It is also a fact, that they where able to get out in 30 seconds, while in most areas, it was closer to a minute or more.
My grand father was a fireman that took care of the horses. I later became one of few female fire officers in the country following his footsteps. Very cool video. Thanks.
By the way, the Dalmatian was used at fire stations for two reasons: (1) the dogs are very loyal and would know all the firefighters. They would keep everyone else away from the fire apparatus at the fire scene, and (2) the horses would sometimes get spooked by all the onlookers on the way to the fire so the dog would run in front of the horses to keep their mind on their duty. Those dogs knew their town’s streets very well and could lead the horses to the fires.
We had a Dalmatian at my first fire house named Smokey. He would get in the cab with us to go to all the fires and had his own ID number.
HORSES ... again the magnificent animals helping us thru ang through ...
Those horses knew exactly what they had to do and were ready to charge out of there.
Engine 101 4th set of horses pulling in beginning! So, my great great grandfather and great grandfather, we’re both engine 101 Brooklyn ny. I have the original pictures of the entire department in uniform, for both of them, horses steam engine the building etc
This is all true. My father was born in 1898 and was a volunteer fire chief in a small town in Ohio. He told me that the horses that originally pulled these things that he knew of loved to pull them and got so excited when the fire bell rang that they would run and put their heads through the horse collars ready to be hooked up and tear out for the fire.
The horses are constantly so full of adrenaline, and just wanting ACTION.
They just loved the action, the smell of smoke and fire.
Unfortunately is adrenaline (and cortisol) constantly running through your body not healthy.
Lots of them died early.
I heard stories about retired fire horses, who broke out of their stables when they heard the bell of the fire alarm at the fire station.
They came running to the fire station, and wanted to be hooked up.
Love seeing this. I've seen them racing down the street in many videos but never seen the rapid harnessing process. Amazing!
Pretty cool! This is the first video I've ever seen of horse n buggy fire apparatus. My grandfather drove the last horse-drawn fire engine in Chicago in 1923.
The silent movie "The Third Alarm" tells the story of one old fire teamster and his animals, when the department converts to gasoline.
This is the best video on RUclips.
And then there is the cool stuff you find on youtube that just makes you go................
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I swear i watched the video three times. Its just so impressive what was done even back in the day. What is crazy is that even today, 30 seconds is still standard for firehouse exit.
Cities like New York take longer, on purpose, as they must send road guards out to stop traffic before the appliance rolls out.
Doggies: there is no enough fuss and action going on, let's bark and jump around to add some :-)
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Thanks for the great historical information.
Awesome I can't wait to join the fire department
I'd love to learn more like these vids. Nice work great video
Through a coal furnace in the basement, the fire kept steam going to boiler of the pumper. Imagine the heat in the firehouse in July and August even with vents closed off.
Yup. They had a sophisticated closed-loop system that kept hot water, just shy of boiling, circulating through the boiler. The fire box of the boiler was kept ready with kindling soaked in kerosene. Incredibly, it took a good engineer only slightly longer time to build pressure enough to flow water than modern pampers can get water flowing.
The harness that you speak of (and show) was invented by George Hale, of the Kansas City, Mo Fire Department. It is also a fact, that they where able to get out in 30 seconds, while in most areas, it was closer to a minute or more.
So cool
Would love seing a TV-Show about this era of Firefighting
Amazing video, thanx for posting
Great video.
Ну вот кто влепил дизлайк? Такая кинохроника прекрасная!
Where’s the dalmations that people talk about so much being with horse drawn firefighters