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<br />by Donal Baird, B.Sc., S.F.P.E.
<br />o en ine ouse
<br />h pi&to hand eziine and hose. voiunteer service In 1860 a peat ever,
<br />TilEy no_ BY' a van'ety of shed names uani.cy....E....ti.
<br />:vary in ,
<br />Th...blOck-sized Or highrise .: all ,...c reedibOafyT:i.- ..2..iithEenginuanoa.tc,adtuipieistritiap;:i,:irsau:uft.::::t4:yiu9...19.frup :tcheerected
<br />u
<br />' size, from a prefab
<br />:Ifdesigned to hduSe. fire :apparatus, fire '....".7.. a Prince .,,aLbf :7,7 .1 id iiali it ii. t ?c) aowelcome s 1, a is ;t hiiet,:" e. teoel
<br />'...t..7....wseta;%:ti;;onledeSnifage of Citic..,thutaeleZ:.7„,,...7v71,x,canl.,L . egosttlig,§reeie fire. engine
<br />f▪ ighters and their 'equipment.::aeCently
<br />Ili .11 on the seealtdifiIi9'.:1144-:iae'd-Viiiradgiis:4i.plaeing-thqlianti ..
<br />v ..- ' I CU) be a reslaetle7: , :."7 vy'7:thaiar parae.s.7arld'.:.
<br />should one 7}..4.i F*.iy.,:frile;rae.hsanyrip,Iiitt:::;1s: -thdrc'bity-th.firee.v:Ocolu:::1126 chairman - 2: - :2 --'es .,, ..,„ one 6f,..
<br />hOtild- not have - been --...- ',.• efin1.174::: staged -Y. ..,..s4- .t.t e,„.,cliftela7parti.-77 i.:... ;,:'-`,,,aPP91;4ttli,o5.1,0dr:; Lii..-;::.„..11ouse.2_,acquir ...,
<br />ilitc.iliein as fire.29Tuses..,..The%:aatli,uttie5p'ied..43,,.6ii6:57.u.jeke seztf.n.n,t._ tit .;::thapri,Ltand:dri...ye4afidw°as nmorYwfo9fiCh e':
<br />""'-'' from home for: the, ..„4„.4;;;;;.."...‘N.titrt1t.t."pse,
<br />▪ k :;,, .,7,:f.,xa,.:..„...:•c--,-.:4+.....*.@..0..3rt.tri......-• r.t....;(41::67.=...,}:10, ,,.... i..:7,40.leltc:teilii..3e:Str011Sofgrzelupex. on the hillgehi;c.
<br />:_s:3:-Erected in,:1,840tiitappearalo e.-..z 0.on
<br />;-:-.alib:wi:ctz*-[parsei .16:-.:Alsvays;i:
<br />,w----,,,,,,. -- .---,-,:-ct C.3 ...,::1."7!;...“-nrit,•°*,t1....-e3WbOt- .Ye^ .. . ‘sr" &C' reSpatinctfa&iiihilliiir-411 direcfioni• to •
<br />Canadian fire;:statiOntailial;70:7::foterjEir,
<br />--_,...,‘“Ir. .---41..--:tiRkl,-...'-.4.,‘;‘,..r., .4 te: ea Cfner..theuC.itY45;..^14:,:i11.45.;
<br />‘.: 4:7.}3Titrifefl3f;18721iifire eame to the:14
<br />•..1-.,A1 gitletiCruley,a.Peat:aqhflagration-that:
<br />1s lib& for volunteers .:1/4,i ..F.,..,si,.,epr- eerbeiiiie. eity-A6Te'eeieree-4‘ife4.::.:.
<br />.,-, . „ ,,:2...ii.t.......,.. tc.,4,„.t...y.' €,,;:t.;..t.,..L.:..,;-ntl'':;1'..;(*Th4 ;;;:::::::9,..,,,,.wt; ',5-iire,id: efritith:izub.„710.cess,„,distridct,2uwp:ter!clga:t:::
<br />fighters i;;,'",wirrk'.iiiasTepep itieii7iiidW,‘,1:ihqiiientbr;'jqyhi*e1fyttrlat,)i,:t=
<br />lot - re SV iit--y; ' ot f rar zinize- 'ff and .:::...:j scilifferenCflOiiii.;PiudePacitaet-lt,I,...ttt91;:p-e-s-Pe. ia46.ffie.?.#i111?;eb,tiliiii•Pqt-..s0.02 the.
<br />':.....;ILlaileih-rriiin;le6y1 theie::.:=1.....,4t.eii--f4-:3/4--'''hili'-":"141?fi.?"1"4".”' 4.7c(7kt.'".:4 :2:7 t;wind-dnven namesana o y occasi n -
<br />' c-6:7Ftrehall, firehouse firersta‘:*
<br />:-.,..tion; . poste , or caseme: ther„
<br />-;.bome and go and, are tianithoig
<br />- grified into other. entities.'iOnei
<br />'was previouslY a:supermarket:K
<br />• another a breWerf warehouse
<br />Ones that survive their fire ser-;
<br />vice time become restaurants, a ' "a.V.‘:;:4- tt; , ' pumper squeezed into its apparatus floor.
<br />...
<br />theatre, museums, or go down- - no, ‘,. -. - along with a deputy chief's automobile.
<br />hill to degrading ends. - : ..,..a,r,,p5sk 1.
<br />'''''il '-' ' *Ili r:1 Successive pumpers. getting pi:ogres-
<br />. One of my favourites can be '1...r7(i...1" sively bigger, found the fit tighter and
<br />seen in the calendar of interest- .fri: ....‘::7'.;t1:,
<br />- xate* tighter. Eventually,
<br />. ..,, the fire company,
<br />ing fire stations published a .. now long a fully full-time team, moved
<br />.. couple of years ago by NFPA ar7-1..-----S lattusE. ... around the corner to share the ladder
<br />company station;
<br />of this year. It is old Engine ,
<br />and on their centennial poster 104,......t.
<br />.xlc•
<br />,..7,..-c Still a sound building, the old engine
<br />1.• :,c...s.„.-
<br />House 2 in Saint John,. New house became a tourist bureau. A few
<br />. : Brunswick. It appears to be the ..--
<br />--......, liu; :' years ago, with strong support from the
<br />.-IIOnl Canadian fire station still • '44' 1:4‘ , Ac t city's fire fighters ,. it had its apparatus
<br />. doors restored and became a museum to
<br />:7,:';in:existence that was built for 'Ms"
<br />t..;:y,olunteers pulling hand fire .. „, .,,,ri!;...,4..-$.4,..--a4 preserve the long, colourful history of
<br />•":"--, the Saint John departinent. Sitting ghost-
<br />athdlitiildiiii.liiestles tightly:.c - ly in the original setting is one of the
<br />7,-;:ly..nianagedifo.tithiiflankMae ofithese1--
<br />was at:Nb..21Engine-Hetise, the firemen,'
<br />saving their7,quarterS.- and, incidentally, 7:
<br />',.;•74111e.:..statelyGeotgiian.. court house next
<br />an-.aichitecittral. gem Still in use
<br />'tt, In the 1920s,.No:.`2 saw a big•I`notor
<br />9pnes, .storey stone- /.
<br />0 ocher buildings on Sydney The Ohl Ner2 Engine House now se/es as a Smith hand engines of the old volunteer
<br />. King-. - male= °hire fighting in Saint John. MB. and is days — a happy fate and reminder of our
<br />;SirrilieAt "was :. erected in 1840 to house snitusedasaineecutgplaceforlocalflrefighters. neritage..a,
<br />18 FIRE FIGHTING /N CANADA / OCTOBER 1906
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