This dissertation is an examination of fire department response times in eight major cities of the United States including Houston, TX, Charlotte, NC, St. Paul, MN, Portland, OR, Seattle, WA, Louisville, KY, San Francisco, CA and Miami, FL. This...
This thesis is a methodological analysis of fire locations in Canadian provinces
from 2001 to 2010. The research presented in this thesis highlights the dominant fire
types for each province. Accurately locating active fires and burned area is...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Vehicles
Louisville Fire Department fire fighters posed on No. 13 fire engine, in front of Louisville, Kentucky fire station. Sign or advertisement on fire engine reading: Schebler Replace Them All. Title supplied by cataloger.
Cities & towns; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Large and long six-story building on a street corner. There are awnings over some of the doors and windows on the first floor. There is a sign on the roof. Title: The Drake & Farwell Block before the Fire. Text on left: The Great Fire in...
An Ahrens-Fox fire truck sits inside the fire station at 1735 Bardstown Road in Louisville, Kentucky. A locker and a rolled hose sit on the running board. On top of the engine the words "L. F. D. No. 20" are painted. A bell is positioned...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Automobiles; Uniforms; Hats; Clock towers; Historic buildings; People; Transportation; Buildings
Address: 617-621 West Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. This street scene shows a fire engine coming out of Steam Engine Co. #2 and fire department headquarters as onlookers watch. Above the fire engine bay a sign says, "STOP, Caution,...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Automobiles; Uniforms; Hats; Historic buildings; People; Men; Buildings
Address: 619 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Fire officials pose with their fire engines and other vehicles in front of the Fire Department headquarters. Near the roof of the building, two men's faces are carved. A number 2 is also...
Fire fighters; Fire stations; Fire engines; Uniforms; Hats; Brick wall signs; Signs (Notices); Historic buildings; People; Men; Buildings
Address: 619 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Fire officials pose with their fire engine in front of the Fire Department headquarters. This building is in Richardsonian Romanesque style and was added to the National Register of Historic...
Louisville Salvage Corps fire engine No. 2 in front of fire station in Russell neighborhood, Louisville, Kentucky. From 1888-1941, the Louisville Salvage Corps served to protect fire victims' belongings while firefighters concentrated on putting...
Buildings; Government facilities; Fire stations; Fire fighters
Men in front of the St. Matthews Fire Department. Two fire trucks are parked at an angle in front of the building. Two men sit in the front of each of the trucks. The truck on the left is labeled "St. Matthews Fire Department." Five men...
Interior view of fire station in Russell neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky; two fire engines and car parked inside. Handwritten on back of print: "Fire Dept.-12th/Jefferson." Title supplied by cataloger.
Fire fighters; Industrial facilities; Fire engines; Utility poles; People; Transportation; Buildings
A crowd watches as firefighters work on a fire at Thirteenth and Main Streets in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. At the left are two steam-powered pumps. In the background a fireman in a light-colored hat and coat climbs a ladder...
In Shelbyville, Kentucky, a man pulls two fire hoses from a fire truck, over a cavern in the ground and around a telephone pole where there may be a fire hydrant. A large brick building is visible to the left with a woman in white standing nearby.
Fire engine with ladder against building and firefighters practicing with equipment at Louisville, Kentucky fire department training school. Handwritten on back of print: "Fire Dept.-Training school." Title supplied by cataloger.
Cities & towns; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Long, four-story brick or stone building. Over one doorway is the sign 'Vose, Dinsmore & Co. National Spring Works.' Two or three men stand in front of the door. Horse-drawn carriages are on the street in front of the building. Text on left:...
Cities & towns; Debris; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Ruined shell of a building. There is one wall still standing, but the rest of the building is mostly rubble with a dirt road in front of it. The Honore Block was located at South Dearborn and West Adams Streets at the northwest corner. Text on...
Cities & towns; Debris; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings; Union Station (Chicago, Ill.)
Shell of a building. Part of the left, rear, and right walls still stand, surrounded by rubble. Two horse-drawn wagons are on the street in front of the ruins. Text on left: Views in Chicago & Vicinity Before and after the Fire. Text on right:...
Cities & towns; Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871; Buildings
Long, four-story building close to the street with small trees in front. Handwritten Title: Terrace Row, Mich [Michigan] Ave. Text on left: Views in Chicago & Vicinity Before and after the Fire. Text on right: P.B. Greene, Photographer, 315...
Fire engines; Firefighting equipment; Fire stations; Fire fighters
Firemen stand on and around fire truck, labeled "No. 6." The firemen wear cloth uniforms. They stand in front of a stone building bearing the inscription "Headquarters C.F.D." Postmarked 1913 on verso. Published by S.H. Kress...
Fire stations; Men; Automobiles; Children; Cobblestone streets; Buildings; People; Transportation
A shiny car is parked in front of the doors of the Fire Department Headquarters at 623 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A young boy with a hat sits at the wheel as four men stand around the car. Three of them wear hats. The side of the...
