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    Framed print with text describing the history of Niagara Fire Department. It is displayed on the wall of the Fire Hall Museum in Niagara-on-the-Lake. Text: "In 1816, the Niagara Volunteer Fire Depart

    LaFrance Engine and Foamite Limited was a Canadian fire apparatus manufacturer located in Toronto and Cooksville, Ontario. Seeking a share of the Canadian market, the American LaFrance Company of Elm

Green, Jerold, St. Catharines Standard (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada18910421), 17 Sep 1975     Newspaper clipping about Don Sherlock, retiring after 46 years with Niagara Fire Department.

    Carbon-tetrachloride extinguishers were withdrawn in the 1950s because of the chemical's toxicity.

    The Pyrene Manufacturing Company filed a patent for using a carbon tetrachloride (CTC) to extinguish fires and in 1911 they patented a small, portable extinguisher that used the chemical. CTC primari

    Copper 5 gallon tank with pump and rubber hose produced by Guardian Manufacturing Limited. Brass plates with instructions attached to container. Measurements for container without handle and hose. Di

    Old 4 gallon hand fire extinguisher produced by Dayton Pump and Manufacturing Company. Metal container with handles (painted red) with black rubber hose. Measurements for container without handles an

    Comment posted by Kevin Sherlock: "Undated but probably taken in the 1920s. I believe that this photo is more likely c1895-1897. One reason I say this is that my Great Grand Uncle Charlie Sherlock di

    "In 1948 the townspeople collected donations to purchase an ambulance. This service ran until 1980 when the Ontario Health Department took it over." Noel Haines: "History of Niagara-on-the-Lake Fire

    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. "

    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

    In 1834, the fire department purchased a new ten-man hand-operated pumper known as the "Man Killer," as well as a horse drawn wagon to carry axes, a horse-drawn ladder wagon, a hand-operated pump wit

    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

    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 backbon

    The Niagara Fire Department purchased this early apparatus in 1834. This hand pump engine was probably one of the first hand pumpers built by James Smith of New York City. Between 1810 and the 1860s,

    Wooden plaque with names of honorary members of Niagara-on-the-Lake Fire Department (from 1912 to 2003) engraved on metal tags and three-dimensional firefighter's image at the bottom. H.L. ANDERSON 1

    "By the 1830's, three Niagara insurance companies had each hired six to eight firefighters. Insured houses had plaques over their front doors, so firefighters would know which company insured which h

    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 F

    Indian Fire Pump was designed and manufactured by D.B. Smith Company of Utica and is still used today.