NORWICH — The antique, horse-drawn steam engine inside the Yantic Fire Engine Co.'s headquarters bay can't match its modern counterparts when it comes to mobility or pure gallon-pumping power, but it ...

Before there were fire trucks, there were horses. Monday marks the 100th anniversary of the last time a horse-drawn steam fire apparatus responded to a fire within the District. To recognize the ...

When the electric engine hits the streets of L.A. next year, it will set the stage for the next century of firefighting, 100 years after the department abandoned horse-drawn fire engines ...

The fire pump being used in Church Street, Ledbury, in 1890 A horse-drawn manually pumped fire engine from Herefordshire is to be restored and put on display at a national museum. The pump ...

Later, a much-needed upgrade saw horse-drawn fire engines introduced. Finally, a motorised engine took over. This was a bull-nosed Morris that local traders paid £10 to have modified by retrained ...

Push-back ceremonies were common in the horse-drawn fire engine days. Lyon Township’s decision to hold one was a way of honoring the firefighting tradition in a show of unity. This homage to the ...

The last use of a horse-drawn fire apparatus in D.C. is often remembered as the staged "Last Running of the Horses'" on June 15, 1925. But on Dec. 30, 1924, Engine Company No. 18 was the last to ...