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      For fire FIRE OUT Automatic fire protection Throw at base of flame If absent or asleep, Fire Extinguisher works automatically at 125 °F. Automatic Fireout Extinguisher Co. 179 Parliament Street, Toronto

      Handheld brass fire extinguisher manufactured by Bickle-Seagrave Limited. This is soda-acid type of extinguisher and a tank contains sodium bicarbonate dissolved in water and a bottle of acid in the top. When the extinguisher is turned upside down, the sodium bicarbonate and acid reacts to release carbon dioxide under pressure ...

      Sticker with text: "Do not use on electrical fires. Use on paper-rubbish, wood-textiles. For service call: 684-6713 Patrick Bros., 354 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines"

      Liberty Fire Extinguisher: "Hang on a strong hook Liberty Fire Extinguisher Trade-mark registered in US and Canadian patent offices The original dry chemical guaranteed to retain its full strength until used and never to cake or deteriorate with age. Non freezing and non poison. Established 1898 Beware of imitations Directions: ...

      TEST FREQUENTLY BY OPERATING PUMP AND DIRECTING STREAM INTO TANK. IF PISTON IS DRY USE A FEW DROPS OF OIL. NOTICE- FOR USE IN FREEZING TEMPERATURES FILL EXTINGUISHER WITH 5 GALLONS OF SOLUTION CONTAINING SUFFICIENT INSURANCE FIRST AID TO GIVE REQUIRED SPECIFIC GRAVITY TO ASSURE DESIRED FREEZING POINT. 2.0 POUNDS ...

      Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. Tested number 21899 The Dayton Pump & Mfc. Co.

      "Tested for 350 lbs. fire extinguisher ALERT Extincteur A incendie"

      "Shur-Spray" The Automatic Chemical Sprinkler Shurline International Patents pending Directions for refilling Place a funnel in the air tube and pour one gallon of SHUR-SPRAY chemical only. Back of set screw in fuse arm and draw the arms together. Place cap in position over the end of tube, making sure ...

      "H.E.P.C. Pyrene hand fire extinguisher Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada inspected .833 imperial (one U.S.) quart Class B-2. C-2. No.93739 C This extinguisher may be used on electrical fires To operate turn handle to left Work like a pump

      Extension ladder made of wood (painted red) and metal connectors.

      Black leather fire helmet with metal firefighter finial. It consists of eight sections of hardened leather with brim narrow on sides and a large rear tail. Front shield with initials: NFD - Niagara Fire Department. Probably late 1800s. Height with finial: 24 cm and without: 18 cm.

      Hand-drawn and hand-operated gooseneck pumper with four wheels. Made of wood and metal, painted red. The curved ("gooseneck") shape of the water pipe (leading from the top of the wooden housing of the air chamber) allowed for easier maneuvering of the water stream. "This pump was made by James Smith ...

      Handcart with 4 wheels and long storage trunk; made of wood and metal parts. This hand drawn wagon took the wooden ladders and leather hose to the fire scene. First used in 1850.

      Manually drawn fire pump with four wheels. It is made of wood and metal parts, painted red with exception for "1763" and "N.F.D." [Niagara Fire Department]. The wood wheels have wrought iron bands. "This was the first rotary type fire pumper in Niagara on the Lake. It was turned by ...

      Hand-drawn hose cart with two big wheels, a hose and nozzles. Wood/metal. The hose reel was pulled to the fire scene by 4 to 6 men, and the hose was unrolled from the fire to the source of water. The reel was first used in early 1900. N.F.D.

      Two-wheeled, hand drawn cart made of wood. The water was poured into a wooden tank with buckets and then two men operated a hand pump to force a stream of water on the fire. "This wagon was filled with water from wells or from the lake and carried water to ...

      The black leather buckets, each with "N.F.D." [Niagara Fire Department] and numbers "15" and "20" painted in white. The bucket is narrower at the bottom (17 cm diameter ) and wider at the top (24 cm diameter). "Old fire bucket found in the stone house built by Monroe. Monroe rang ...

      Hand-drawn, wooden bucket cart with two wheels and a storage box for carrying buckets. "This cart was used in early 1800 to carry the leather buckets to the fire scene. These buckets were the backbone of the early fire brigades." N.F.D.

      "INDIAN patented" backpack fire pump produced by "D. B. Smith & Company. Utica, N.Y., U.S.A." (text on cap). Brass pump with 5 gallon pump, rubber tube, brass strainer and cover, designed to be worn on back with adjustable canvas straps. Back is stamped "air cooled patented tank".

      Handheld brass/copper 2 1/2 quart fire extinguisher produced by Stop-Fire, Inc., New Brunswick, N.J. with "Redi-grip" and pistol grip pump handle. Model AC-24, originally filled with Carbontetrachloride pressurized with dry air or nitrogen. Probably made in the 1950's.