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A DCFD fire engine in December 2005. DCFD Engine Company #23 (Foggy Bottom Firehouse) DCFD Engine 7. On January 13, 1803, District of Columbia passed its first law about fire control, requiring the owner of each building in the district to provide at least one leather firefighting bucket per story or pay a $1 fine per missing bucket.
Roll of Honor. Since its formation as a paid department, the District of Columbia Fire and EMS Department has entered 100 names on its Roll of Honor, including two individuals who were not paid members, Benjamin C. Greenup (representing the volunteers who died prior to the formation of the paid department, and William W. Hoake, a Civil Defense Auxiliary firefighter who was assigned to Engine ...
In 1980, Engine company 25 was the busiest company in the District with 2,533 alarms. In 1981, Firehouse magazine published “A Firehouse Exclusive”. An informal survey to compare alarm responses of fire departments throughout the United States and Canada. Engine Company 25 was ranked tenth overall for run responses with 2,695 alarms.
Engine Company 12 is a former fire station and a historic structure located in the Bloomingdale neighborhood and on North Capitol Street in Washington, D.C. The engine company was established on July 1, 1897, with an 1884 Clapp & Jones 450 GPM steam fire engine and an 1887 E. B. Preston hose reel carriage. [2]
September 5, 1975. The Old Engine Company No. 6 at 438 Massachusetts Ave in Washington, DC is a former District of Columbia Fire Department building which housed Engine 6 between February 17, 1879, and June 27, 1974. [3] The two-story brick building was built during the volunteer period and is the only remaining example from that time.
Engine Company 19 Washington DC. The first fire station east of the Anacostia River was built in 1898. This station, designed by the Washington, D.C. architectural firm of Averill and Adams, was the fourth built there in 1910. The eclectic style, principally French revival, reflected the desire by the Office of the Municipal Architect to create ...
Engine Company 17. / 38.93417°N 76.98972°W / 38.93417; -76.98972. Engine Company No. 17 also known as Chemical Company No. 4 and the Brookland Firehouse, is a historic firehouse located at 1227 Monroe Street, NE, Washington, D.C. [2] It was constructed in 1902 and housed an early “chemical company” which fought fires in outlying ...
Old Engine Company No. 26, also known as the Langdon Firehouse and Chemical Company No. 3, located at 2715 22nd Street, NE, Washington, D.C. is a historic firehouse built in 1908 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Old Engine Co 26 before it was renovated as a church. The firehouse was built in response to a petition ...