[DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Franklin . Citizen Ben . Firefighter | PBS [PAR] What's this? ... Benjamin Franklin in fire helmet of the fire company he founded 
enlarge. The strict fire and building codes we have today were unknown in 
eighteenth ... such as Boston, established loosely organized fire fighting 
companies to help ... Soon fire companies and clubs sprang up all over 
Philadelphia and most of... [DOC] [TLE] Franklin's Philadelphia - USHistory.org [PAR] A tour of Benjamin Franklin's lasting legacy in Philadelphia. ... in 1736 to the 
forming of Philadelphia's first volunteer fire brigade, the Union Fire Company. ... 
Policyholders were required to affix these metal fire marks on their houses. ... 
responded to all fires, they had more compelling reason to fight fires at buildings 
bearing... [DOC] [TLE] AMERICAN FIRE MARKS - A GOOD STORY [PAR] A fire mark was a guarantee that the first volunteer fire company to fight the ... 
from the insurance company whose fire mark was on the burning building. ... In 
1736 Benjamin Franklin founded the Union Fire Company, America's first ... In 
Philadelphia fire marks were never required to designate a house as insured so 
that the... [DOC] [TLE] History of firefighting - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of organized firefighting began in ancient Rome while under the rule 
of Augustus. Prior to that, there is evidence of fire-fighting machinery in use in 
Ancient ... Insurance brigades would only fight fires at buildings the company 
insured. These buildings were identified by fire insurance marks. The key 
breakthrough... [DOC] [TLE] Colonial Firefighting Information [PAR] forests were cleared and wooden homes and buildings were constructed. ... This 
is generally recognized as the rst step in organized reghting in America. ... 
Benjamin Franklin, a writer, printer, philosopher, scientist, statesman of the 
American ... Company in Philadelphia, which became the standard for volunteer 
re... [DOC] [TLE] Firefighting in Colonial America | Firehouse [PAR] Dec 1, 2003 ... The history of firefighting in America can be traced all the way back to ... as 
forests were cleared and wooden homes and buildings were constructed. ... This 
is generally recognized as the first step in organized firefighting in America. ... In 
1736, Franklin founded the Union Fire Company in Philadelphia,... [DOC] [TLE] Firefighting History Timeline, 1608-1909 - Input Wanted ... [PAR] Feb 13, 2006 ... 1678 - First fire engine company organized, Boston. .....  First sliding poles, (
made of wood), were installed in some New York engine houses. ..... to enjoy 
fighting one another in streets as much as they did fighting fires. ... developers 
over legislation that would have required all residential buildings to be... [DOC] [TLE] The Colonial Period < History 1954 < American History From ... [PAR] These changes were gradual and at first scarcely visible. ... The colonists' first 
glimpse of the new land was a vista of dense woods. ... They needed utensils, 
clothing, seed, tools, building materials, livestock, arms, ammunition. ... Two 
colonies, Virginia and Massachusetts, were founded by chartered companies 
whose funds,... [DOC] [TLE] "Small Matters": Benjamin Franklin, Philadelphia, and the - JStor [PAR] its first half century, Philadelphia presented to the young printer a mixture of .... 
early 1750s. For nearly all his years in the city, Franklin lived either at Market and 
... were public houses.8 The government buildings begun during the .... As with 
so much .... city's first fire company, and in 1752 he and others organized its first. [DOC] [TLE] History of Volunteer Firefighting - My Firefighter Nation [PAR] Aug 12, 2007 ... The first volunteer fire department began in Philadelphia in 1736. ... These were 
the first paid firefighters in the United States. ... Ben Franklin urged the city to get 
better organized to fight fires. ... fire load in these cities increased as forests were 
cleared and wooden homes and buildings were constructed. [DOC] [TLE] Fire Service History First Brigade - City of Rockwall [PAR] The first organized fire fighting force that ... These first fire fighters were called the 
... inspection of buildings. ... militia with officers and companies of fire ...

Question: Ben organized Philadelphia's first company to fight these, much needed where all buildings were wood
Answer: fires