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unusual facts about fire department



Fire engine red

Most traditional older fire departments in larger U.S. central cities of major metropolitan areas use this color for their fire engines, but many suburbs and smaller cities now use the color lime or bright yellow for their fire engines because of its greater visibility at night.


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Agelaia

The genus includes the species A. vicina that sometimes nests in attics in São Paulo, Brazil, and requires the services of the fire department for removal of the colony that can number more than 1,000,000 stinging wasps.

Anthony Eickhoff

He became the Fire Commissioner of the New York City Fire Department 1889, re-appointed until 1896 and served as an Auditor of the New York City Fire Department from 1898 until his death in 1901.

Benemerito Cuerpo de Bomberos de Masaya

Benemerito Cuerpo de Bomberos de Masaya is the fire department of Masaya, Nicaragua.

Bill Myrick

The Myricks have three children, Bellinda Myrick, former Miss Texas and Miss West Texas, singer/actress/and author, Martin C. Myrick, a Ph.D. and author, and Billy R. Myrick (born 1958), a former police chief and the purchasing agent at the fire department in Murphy, Texas.

Buffalo Fire Department

Toronto Fire Services - historical ties with the former Toronto Fire Department in regards to the Great Fire of 1904.

Buildering

In 2010, Goodwin, now a stage four cancer survivor, scaled San Francisco, California's sixty-storey Millennium Tower to call attention to the fire department's inability to conduct rescue operations in the upper floors of skyscrapers.

Camp Marcella

State of the art smoke and fire detectors, with emergency lighting, have been installed in each cabin and are wired into a central system which will report any activity directly to the nearby Rockaway Fire Department.

Carlstadt, New Jersey

The Carlstadt Fire Department (CFD) is an all-volunteer fire department.

Charleston Sofa Super Store fire

The Summerville High School basketball team, of which Captain Louis Mulkey was an assistant coach, was presented with a custom memorial fire helmet by the Charleston Fire Department.

Chemical Coast

Conrail contacted the Carteret Fire Department and the Middlesex County Hazmat Response Team for assistance.

Chicago Fire Department

The Chicago Fire Department cooperated with film director Ron Howard on making the 1991 film Backdraft, starring Kurt Russell, William Baldwin and Robert De Niro.

Darrington, Washington

The new Town Hall housed the City clerk and Mayor, Fire department, library and community center with a dance floor.

Debert

The community has two churches (United Baptist Church and United Church of Canada), a community centre, two vehicle repair garages, two convenience stores, and a volunteer fire department.

East Meadow Fire Department

Arthur Brisbane, the famous publisher, donated his 1920's Peirce Arrow touring car to the fire department.

Emergency medical services in Austria

Unlike other countries EMS in Austria is never provided by the fire department, the city of Admont being the only exception to this rule.

Emil Bildilli

Bildilli took a job with the fire department in Muncie, Indiana after retiring from Major League baseball, and played semi-professionally.

Fire bike

The São Paulo Fire Department of Brazil use teams of two fire bikes to bring down first response times to fire or medical emergencies in the congested streets of São Paulo from 10–15 minutes to just 5 minutes.

Firefighting

Use of a diffused spray was first proposed by Chief Lloyd Layman of the Parkersburg Fire Department, at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) in 1950 held in Memphis.

Firefighting worldwide

The fire department also provides fire and rescue services to Macau International Airport.

Galaxy Airlines Flight 203

Truckee Meadows Fire Department was the first emergency response department to arrive at the scene of the crash.

Ghosts in Spanish-speaking cultures

In a dwelling in Neuquén in the Patagonia region of Argentina, there are sudden strange fires that the fire department is unable to explain, and in which some have seen ghost appearances.

Harry Bay

He later worked for the Peoria fire department and the Illinois Secretary of State.

John Alario

Alario has membership in the Knights of Columbus, Louisiana Epilepsy Association, Louisiana International Deep Water Gulf Transfer Terminal Authority and the Westwego Volunteer Fire Department.

Keshcarrigan

A small park on the shores of Kesh Lake is dedicated to the memory of Mychal Judge, chaplain of the New York Fire Department and the first recorded victim of the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.

Los Angeles City Fire Department

The Los Angeles Fire Department is currently one of the largest municipal fire departments in the United States, after the New York City Fire Department and the Chicago Fire Department.

Los Angeles County Fire Department

The Los Angeles County Fire Department utilizes a wide array of fire apparatus, including Engines, Quints, Trucks, Light Forces(Combination of an Engine and a Quint), Paramedic Rescue Squads, ESTs, Water Tenders, Patrols as well as Hazardous Materials Squads and USAR Units.

Lyndhurst, New Jersey

The Lyndhurst Fire Department (LFD) is an all-volunteer fire department.

Marteinn Geirsson

He is currently the precinct captain for the Reykjavík fire department and has been a fireman for over 30 years.

Mattydale lay

The Mattydale lay was designed in 1947 by Chief Burton L. Eno of the Mattydale, New York Fire Department.

Minneapolis Fire Department Repair Shop

Four Wheel Drive built the engines, drivetrains, suspension components, and other components, while the Minneapolis Fire Department shops provided the frames, bodywork, pumping equipment, and all other firefighting equipment.

Moshe Tzadok

Prior to the Haganah's capture of Haifa, he served as the Fire chief of the Haifa Fire Department which facilitated covert Haganah operations in the city.

New York State Route 32A

Here, the route passes Palenville's fire department before ending at a signalized intersection with NY 23A across from the National Register of Historic Places-listed Rowena Memorial School.

Niagara Scow

Since a rescue boat was out of the question, the Niagara Falls (Ontario) Fire Department tried using a grappling gun to shoot a life line out towards the barge, from atop the roof of the Toronto Power House while awaiting the arrival of the US Coast Guard from Youngstown, New York to bring a heavier grappling gun.

Patch Boomhauer

He even gets clearance from the fire department to go above the designated noise level (70dB) for one night of fun.

Paweł Kowal

In 2008, he became an honorary member of the Volunteer Fire Department in Chocznia, Poland.

Pete Goicoechea

He is affiliated with the Eureka Volunteer Fire Department, E Clampus Vitus, the Humboldt River Authority, and the Nevada Rural Health Center.

Raymond L.S. Patriarca

On July 11, 1984, around 11:30 AM, the North Providence, Rhode Island Fire Department Rescue Squad received an emergency call from a Douglas Avenue address.

Samuel Meredith

He spent time in Carbondale Township in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, where the local fire department bears his name.

Sidney, Kentucky

Although Sidney is unincorporated, it has a Family Dollar and its own volunteer fire department (Big Creek Fire Department).

Tappan, New York

The Tappan Fire Department's 100th anniversary was celebrated on October 13, 2007, with a Mardi Gras-style parade, complete with beaded necklaces and confetti.

Utah Valley Marathon

In 2009, twenty-five members of the Pleasant Grove Fire Department ran the marathon as part of their annual physical fitness test.

Wallington, New Jersey

The Wallington Fire Department (WFD) is an all-volunteer fire department.

Who's Johnny

Meanwhile, Number 5 wreaks havoc in the courtroom (only his robotic hand is visible to the viewer) with various hi-jinks, including giving the prosecuting attorney a pair of funny-nose glasses, turning up the ceiling fan to create a windstorm of papers, swapping the judge's gavel for an exploding one and calling the fire department, resulting in the judge being sprayed with water.

Wood-Ridge, New Jersey

The Wood-Ridge Fire Department (WRFD) is an all-volunteer fire department.

Wren Fire Department

The Wren Fire Department response area includes most of the Anderson county portion of Piedmont, South Carolina