What is a Fire Fan?

Where there is smoke, there is fire; where there is fire there is a fire fan. Even in ancient Rome, while Nero fiddled, the fire fans were hard at work on the bucket brigade. Robert Greenock explains it all in “What Is a Fire Fan?” from the October 1937 Fire Engineering HERE. 

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The Great Conflagration at San Francisco

The 1898 Philly Fire Behind the Stolen Plaque

 

fort lauderdale dogs fire

Fort Lauderdale (FL) Firefighters Save Dogs From House Fire, Department Says

Firefighters pulled four dogs from a smoldering Fort Lauderdale home that was in flames just minutes earlier Thursday morning, according to the department.
MN Barn Fire

4,000 Pigs Lost in MN Barn Fire

A fire late Wednesday evening has resulted in a total loss of a hog confinement and the 4,000 hogs inside.