When did the first fire brigades appear? Detailed answer

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When did the first fire brigades appear?

Man has always known that fire can be a friend and helper, but it can also be a great destroyer. Primitive man, however, did not have the problem of fighting fire as we do, simply because he did not live in houses that were grouped together, in other words, in villages, towns and cities. But when people began to live together in large groups, they had to face the problem of fighting fire. And long before our era, fire brigades were organized. They existed in many cities of the world.

The ancient Romans had fire brigades to protect cities and used slaves to put out fires. By the way, the Romans invented the first means of extinguishing fires with a continuous jet of water. Roman firefighters used axes, buckets, ladders and hooks. In the Middle Ages, firefighters were organized in some places, but it was not very effective.

It is known that firefighters appeared in England. This was because fire insurance companies were organized, and of course they were interested in reducing losses from fires and sought to prevent their spread. The authorities in London did nothing to solve this problem, so the insurance companies organized their own fire brigades. Probably, the first such brigade was organized in 1722, and then others appeared. These insurance companies put special fire signs on the buildings they insured and didn't care much about the other houses.

In 1833, the organized fire system of the City of London was established for the first time. In the United States, as in most parts of the world, prior to the establishment of fire brigades by local governments in towns and cities, residents themselves organized volunteer fire brigades. In fact, firefighting is still done mostly by volunteers. There are about 1 million firefighters in the US, and only one in ten is paid for this job.

Author: Likum A.

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