Many families make cheese pizza on Good Friday, seeing it as a tradition or a break from cooking as they obstain from eating ...

The Vigilant Hook & Ladder Company merged with the Junior Hose Company in 1897 to form the Junior Hose & Truck Company No. 2. How many of you have ever seen a modern-day fire department ladder ...

Architect Charles Hilpertshauser drew up the plans to house both the Central Hose Company and the Hook and Ladder Company.

EARLY, Texas — Monday, the Early Fire Department celebrated the arrival of a new ladder truck with a traditional push-in ceremony. The practice dates back to the 1800s. Before the advent of ...

1 and the Hook and Ladder Company under one roof ... At the turn of the century, there was no such thing as a motorized fire truck. Instead, horses provided the moving power.

SWEETWATER, Texas — The Sweetwater Fire Department announced the arrival of Ladder 1 to its fleet. Ladder 1 is a custom, aerial apparatus built by Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists Inc., ...