http://www.historyoffirefighting.com A look back at the history of firefighting, fire fighting collectibles and antique fire fighting equipment Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:57:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Firefighting collectables Review        Ring the alarm! Firefighting historians and fire fighting collectors won't be able to set this book down.  With over 250 pages crammed full of firefighting collectibles including uniforms, tools, signs, old photographs, lanterns, alarm boxes, badges, fire extinguishers, and many more firefighting collectables that enabled the old ... http://www.historyoffirefighting.com/2009/09/firefighting_collectibles/ The Leatherhead fire fighting helmet       The leather fire fighting helmet is an internationally recognised symbol representing the history of fire fighting and in particular the firefighter. The term Leatherhead actually has two meanings. One of which means an old style leather fire fighting helmet worn by fire-fighters and secondly a ... http://www.historyoffirefighting.com/2008/11/leather-fire-fighting-helmet/ History of the Antique Fire Extinguisher Nowadays antique firefighting equipment is very much in demand by firefighting memorabilia collectors worldwide. One particular item which always draws attention is the antique fire extinguisher.   The earliest types of antique fire extinguisher date back to the early 1700’s. These antique fire extinguishers were of ... http://www.historyoffirefighting.com/2008/11/antique-fire-extinguisher/    Firefighting collectibles and antique firefighting equipment are very much sought after items nowadays and there is a large following of avid firefighting antique collectors. The scope of firefighting memorabilia is vast and can take the form of real used items that have been used to fight famous well documented fires ... http://www.historyoffirefighting.com/2008/11/firefighting-collectibles/ [caption id="attachment_19" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="image courtesy of wikipedia"][/caption]    Fires in Roman times were frequent and severe. Most of the houses in the towns and cities were very densely packed and were constructed from timber, which caused rapid spread of fire.    The Romans rallied together groups of slaves to form one ... http://www.historyoffirefighting.com/2008/11/history-of-the-fire-engine/