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Discussion board • General Information and links • Firefighting resource links • Museum resource links • How-to start a fire museum Table of Contents Firefighting and fire history resources & links General Fire Resources General Firefighting History Fire Apparatus - Apparatus Restoration Firefighters Historical Fires History of a Specific Fire Department How “fire” Stuff Works		Firefighting and Fire History Resources and Links General Fire Resources George F. Mand Library & Learning Center FDNY - Fire Academy Randall's Island, NY 10035 (212) 860-9487 The Visiting Fireman http://www.execpc.com/~vf/ The "VF" is an annual directory of Fire Service Enthusiasts from across the world. In addition to providing names and addresses for fire buffs, the book lists fire buff clubs and organizations, it has a comprehensive directory of fire museums, scanner frequencies, a classified section and much, much, more.... Websites with comprehensive fire service link directories VFD Fire/Rescue WWW Directory http://www.hvfd.com/ Firehouse Online Web Directory http://www.firehouse.com/links/ | Return to the table of contents | General Firefighting History Firehouse.Com: The American Fire Service 1648 to 1998 http://www.firehouse.com/magazine/american/index.html Online articles include: • Firefighting in Colonial America • Fire Disasters: What Lessons Have We Learned • Fire Apparatus Past & Present • Taking Charge: The Evolution Of Fireground Command • The Development Of Breathing Apparatus Firemanics - The E-Journal of Fire Service History http://www.firemanics.com My History is America's History - History of Fire Depts. http://www.myhistory.org/historytopics/articles/fire_departments.html Firehose Jim (and other links and information about fire horses) http://www.toledofiremuseum.com/jimhorse/jimhorse.htm Our Firemen - a History of the NY Fire Department (c.1887 by A.E. Costello) http://members.aol.com/dcbreton2/FDNY/FDNY_Intro.html Images of various firefighting related paper items from the 1800s http://home.att.net/~mforder/#Firefighting Firehydrant.org - the # 1 Fire Hydrant Information Resource Site http://www.firehydrant.org "Fire of Liberty: Firefighters, American Urban Voluntary Culture, and the Revolutionary Movement" http://www.historycooperative.org/journals/wm/58.4/carp.html Steven M. Lalioff http://www.lalioff.com Maker of fine leather artifacts (including reproduction fire buckets) | Return to the table of contents | Fire Apparatus Hand Tub Junction http://www.handtubs.com/ Everything you wanted to know about hand pumpers and more. This site has a wonderful index to hand pumper manufacturers, and directory listing the whereabouts hand pumpers today. The Silsby Steamer Site http://www.engine3.org/Silsby/silsbyhome.html Everything you wanted to know about Silsby (and other) steam fire engines! Photos, a directory of surviving steamers, reprints of operating mauuals, restoration guidlines, etc. SPAAMFAA - The Society for the Preservation and Appreciation of Antique Motorized Fire Apparatus in America http://www.spaamfaa. SPAAMFAA is an organization dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and operation of all antique fire fighting apparatus. The organization has local chapters across the USA and Canada. The organization and it's publications, and it's local chapters provide a wonderful resource to individuals looking to restore antique fire apparatus. SPAAMFAA's Yahoo e-mail Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spaamfaa SPAAMFAA's Unofficial Web Site http://wsfire.com/spaamfaa/ American LaFrance Yahoo e-mail Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AmericanLaFrance Classic American Fire Apparatus - ( photos of horse drawn to 1964 apparatus) http://www.212.net/fire/fire.htm Historical Fire Engines from the Netherlands http://www.worldaccess.nl/~gbrinkel/fire.htm Penny Postcards from New York (Showing some FDNY Fire Apparatus) http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ny/newyork/postcards/nyfd/ppcs-nyfd.html     Fire Apparatus Restoration Resources Hand-in-Hand Restorations http://www-personal.umich.edu/~oats/restore/ Ken Soderbeck 749 E. South St. Jackson, MI 49203 (517) 789-6290 Fire-Fly Restorations http://www.fireflyrestoration.com Andy Swift HC 62 Box 184 Hope, ME 04847 (207) 763-3828 Achorn Gilding http://www.firegold.com/ Specializing in restoring the gold leaf decoration on antique fire engines Peter Achorn PO Box 276 Tenants Harbor, ME 04860 IAFF1521's Restoration of Engine #1 - 1930 Seagrave - Upper Arlington, Ohio http://www.earthnet-ltd.com/iaff1521/oldtruck.htm   | Return to the table of contents | Firefighters (and the human side to fighting fires) "Didja' Ever Want To Be a FIREMAN?" - children firefighters and American culture http://www.auroraregionalfiremuseum.org/didja/ History of African American Firefighters http://hometown.aol.com/fireriter/index.html Women in Firefighting: A History http://www.wfsi.org/history.html | Return to the table of contents | Historical Fires Chicago Historical Society's "Web of Fire" http://www.chicagohistory.org/fire/ The Cause of the Great Chicago Fire! http://www.thechicagofire.com/ The Great Chicago Fire - Report from the Weather Office http://taiga.geog.niu.edu/nwslot/fire.htm Peshtigo Fire of 1871 http://www.peshtigofire.info/ Our Lady of Angels School Fire http://www.olafire.com/ Our Lady of Angels School Fire - "Angels Too Soon" documentary on PBS http://networkchicago.com/angels/index.htm Peshtigo Fire Page http://www.rootsweb.com/~wioconto/Fire.htm The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/trianglefire/ The MGM Grand Hotel Fire - 20 Years Later http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/news/packages/mgmfire/ "America Never Forgets" - a multi-media presentatiom memorializing the events of September 11, 2001 http://attacked911.tripod.com | Return to the table of contents | History of a Specific Fire Department Our Firemen - a History of the NY Fire Department (c.1887 by A.E. Costello) http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/fire/ LAFD history http:// Brief History of the Chicago Fire Department, Chicago, Illinois http://cpl.lib.uic.edu/004chicago/timeline/firedept.html Cincinatti Fire Department History http://www.cfdhistory.com The History of Firefighting in Ottawa, Canada http://schoolnet2.carleton.ca/english/ext/community/firesafety/ Redding In Flames! 100 Years Of Firefighting In Redding, California http://www.shasta-co.k12.ca.us/www/rmah/Fire.html Round Top, Texas History http://www.rtis.com/reg/roundtop/reghist.htm | Return to the table of contents | How Stuff Works - How "Fire" Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/fire.htm How "Wildfires" Work http://www.howstuffworks.com/wildfire.htm How "Fire Extinguishers" Work http://www.howstuffworks.com/fire-extinguisher.htm How "Fire Engines" Work http://www.howstuffworks.com/fire-engine.htm How Smoke Detectors Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/smoke.htm Why does smoke come from a fire? http://www.howstuffworks.com/question43.htm
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