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Fire departments in the state of Rhode Island, United States. Pages in category "Fire departments in Rhode Island" This category contains only the following page.
The state General Assembly raised money to purchase the town's first large water engine, and required every citizen to acquire a pair of two-gallon leather buckets to form volunteer bucket brigades. [3] On March 1, 1854, a paid fire department was established, making it the second oldest professional fire department in the country. [3]
Before the 1850s, there were only volunteer fire companies. [citation needed] In 1853 Cincinnati, Ohio, became the first city with a fully paid fire department, followed 11 months later by the Providence Fire Department in Providence, Rhode Island.
This list is intended to include all historic fire stations which have formally been listed on historic registers, as well as modern ones notable for their architecture or other reasons. This list is not intended to cover fire department buildings that are purely administrative.
This is a list of fire departments in the world. A fire department or fire brigade also known as a fire and rescue service or fire service is a public or private organization that provides firefighting , rescue and emergency medical services for a certain jurisdiction , which is typically a municipality , county or fire protection district.
The retailer takes the top spot in Rhode Island, and is the sixth largest company in the world, according to Fortune Magazine's Fortune 500, which bases its ranking on revenue, coming in behind ...
A volunteer fire department (VFD) is a fire department of volunteers who perform fire suppression and other related emergency services for a local jurisdiction. Volunteer and retained (on-call) firefighters are expected to be on call to respond to emergency calls for long periods of time, and are summoned to the fire station when their services ...