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Benjamin Franklin started the first fire department, the Union Fire Company, in Philadelphia in 1736. The volunteer company used bucket brigades at first, then they started using a horse drawn buggy with a fire pump and hoses on it.
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∙ 14y agoBenjamin Franklin started the union fire Company in Philadelphia in 1736. The first fire engine company went into service in 1678 with Captain Thomas Atkins in Boston.
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∙ 14y agoBenjamin Franklin started the union fire Company in Philadelphia in 1736. The first fire engine company went into service in 1678 with Captain Thomas Atkins in Boston.
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Who startes the first library and fire department in the US?
the first fire dept was Benjamin Franklin
What us city had the first professional fire department?
mommyville
What was the first paid fire department in the US?
Boston , Mass
Who is credited starting the first fire department and library in the US?
bengimin Franklin
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Busiest Volunteer fire department in US?
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When was the US coast guard started?
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Largest volunteer fire dept in us?
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What fire department is ranked number one in the US?
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