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| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | International L-190 fire truck used by the Cape Girardeau Fire Department. |
| Date: | 03 17 1987 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters use a board game to simulate conditions at a fire scene as part of their training. |
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| Description: | Well jetting equipment with three hose lines extinguishing forest fires. |
| Date: | 01 02 1934 |
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| Description: | Madison Fire Department's new gray $16,200 aerial fire truck is parked in front of the Central Fire Station, 18-20 South Webster Street. Roy Hurling is dri... |
| Date: | 1995 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a brochure advertising International fire trucks, ambulances, and emergency rescue vehicles. Features a photograph of fire fighters washing ... |
| Date: | 05 13 1947 |
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| Description: | 1919 ladder fire truck at Fire Station No. 7, 2410 Monroe Street. Fire fighters (L to R), Capt. Arthur Emerson, Joseph Roberts, Harold Klein, Arthur Halver... |
| Date: | 06 12 1948 |
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| Description: | DeForest Fire Chief W.E. Dahl inspecting the engine of the 1932 fire truck, which malfunctioned two blocks from the fire at the lumber and appliance buildi... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A family looking at an exhibit at the Hall of Flame Fire Museum. The exhibit contains motorized and horse-drawn fire engines, as well as fire pumps. |
| Community: | Peshtigo |
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| County: | Marinette |
| Historic Name: | Peshtigo Fire Cemetery |
| Reference Number: | 70000037 |
| Community: | Jefferson |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| Historic Name: | Jefferson Fire Station |
| Reference Number: | 84000695 |
| Date: | 04 10 1943 |
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| Description: | Truax Army Air Field Fire Station #1 with 5 fire fighter crash crew members and their truck. |
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| Description: | A long line of fire fighters in the street are aiming fire hoses at a building. Coils of hoses cover the street. |
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| Description: | Uniformed men of Hose Company #2 fire station line up with a wagon and fire extinguishing equipment in front of the brick building. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Two men in a fire truck. Signs on the front read: "Chatham Fire Dept." |
| Date: | 06 17 1915 |
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| Description: | Several men try to extinquish a fire in an ice house, which is known as the Conklin Fire. |
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| Description: | Front view of International fire truck used by the Melrose Park Fire Department. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Studio shot of an International Scout fire truck. |
| Date: | 10 08 1871 |
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| Description: | A portion of a page from the Madison Daily Democrat which gives an account of the Peshtigo fire. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks. |
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