Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1900 — The First Fire Company. [ARTICLE]

The First Fire Company.

The Phoenix was the name of the first fire company in England, and it was established to 1682. At that time, in the towns, squirts or syringes were used for extinguishing fire, and their length did not exceed two or three feet, with pipes of leather. Water-tight seamless hose was first made In Bethnal Green in 1720.—Washington'Star.