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A loader crane (also called a knuckle-boom crane or articulating crane) is an hydraulically powered articulated arm fitted to a truck or trailer, and is used for loading/unloading the vehicle cargo. The numerous jointed sections can be folded into a small space when the crane is not in use.
The Cleveland Division of Fire provides fire protection and works with Cleveland EMS to provide emergency medical service to the city of Cleveland, [3] Ohio. [4] The department, which was founded in April 1863, is responsible for 82 square miles (210 km 2 ) with a population of over 390,000 people.
The first known female firefighter, Molly Williams, took her place with the men on the dragropes during the blizzard of 1818 and pulled the pumper to the fire through the deep snow. Fighting a fire in New York City, 1869 illustration. On 1 April 1853, Cincinnati, Ohio featured the first career fire department made up of 100% full-time employees.
The fire museum is housed in the restored 1906 Court Street Firehouse at 315 West Court Street (near Plum Street in Downtown Cincinnati). [3] The firehouse was part of the Cincinnati Fire Department. The Court Street Firehouse is a registered historic building, listed in the National Register on July 18, 1974.
The CFD was one of the first to incorporate steam-powered fire engines and later motorized vehicles to improve response times and efficiency. In the 1870s , the city began using fireboats to protect the waterfront and handle fires on the river, which was a critical aspect of Cincinnati’s infrastructure due to its location along the Ohio River .
Famous First Facts. H.W. Wilson. ISBN 978-0-8242-0661-1. (#4137) The first police patrol wagon was designed by Frank Fowler Loomis of Akron, OH, and was placed in service by the Akron Police Department in June 1899. It had three speeds and could go 16 miles per hour. It was operated by electric power and weighed 5,500 pounds, including the ...
It was in his first days as the state fire marshal nearly four years ago that Reardon started to realize that many of Ohio’s volunteer fire departments are “hanging on by a thread ...
1927 Ahrens-Fox fire engine 1939 Ahrens-Fox engine. The Ahrens-Fox Fire Engine Company was an Ohio-based fire truck manufacturer. The company was founded in 1910 by John P Ahrens and Charles H Fox and built its first motorized fire engine in 1911. By the end of the following year production of horse-drawn fire apparatus ceased completely. Since ...