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From FirefighterCloseCalls.com & Billy Goldfeder & Pulsepoint Web & Social Media Prince George’s County (Maryland) Fire/EMS Station 820 (Upper Marlboro) suffered significant damage from a fire involving apparatus. Thankfully working smoke alarms alerted 8 Firefighters in the station who escaped...

Turn Out - Winter Spring 2023 issue is now posted on the IFBA website. https://ifba.org/turnout-magazine

Firefighting has always had an alarm component. From shouts, to rattles, to pistol shots, to church bells, to steam whistles, citizen firefighters needed to be alerted. The introduction of coded signals enabled locations to be signaled. The telegraph was invented in 1838 by Samuel Morse...

The Winter/Spring 2022 edition of IFBA's Turn Out magazine is posted on the ifba.org website and is free for downloading. https://ifba.org/turnout-magazine/

Information on the joint annual convention of the IFBA (International Fire Buff Association) and SPAAMFAA (Society for the Preservation & Appreciation of Antique Motor Fire Apparatus in America), to be held this June in Woburn, Massachusetts, is linked below...

Most people have specialized interests and passions through the course of their lives. Some individuals affiliate their interests with the fire service in general or with particular fire departments. Their interest is often expressed by supportive activities such as photography, historical...

Engine 258's patch shows their organization date as 1891, which is the year that they were organized as a career company in the Long Island City FD. How do companies determine their organization date?  By the date they became part of FDNY?; or the date they became a career company in any...

March 1st, 1964, the Bridgeport FD moved four engine companies among existing firehouses when it closed Engine 1's John Street house. Engine 1 moved to HQ on Middle St, displacing Engine 5 Engine 5 moved to lower Madison Ave, displacing Engine 4 Engine 4 moved to Maplewood St, displacing Engine...