num_pages: 128
description: Burlington Firefighting richly illustrates the triumphs and tragedies, the hauntings and secrets of the Burlington Fire Department. Originating as a series of bucket brigades, the fire department developed from competing companies that served as elite social clubs into a professional organization that was incorporated in 1895. The transitions from hand-drawn to horse-drawn carts and pumpers to steam engines and motorized trucks largely shaped the evolution of firefighting in Vermont as a whole.
language: English
title: Burlington Firefighting
titlecomplete: Burlington Firefighting (Images of America: Vermont)
ratings_count: 1
series: Images of America: Vermont
publisher: Arcadia Publishing