This second collection of historic firefighting images covers 1940 through 1990, five formative decades for fire protection in North Carolina's capital county.

The city of Portland, Maine, has an extraordinary history as a prominent seaport dating back to early colonial times. Few realize how heavily intertwined this h

In San Francisco, history is as close as the sound of the fire engines and trucks racing by, sirens wailing. The San Francisco Fire Department took shape, as di

Describes the various activities performed every day by fire fighters in Livermore, California, a suburb of San Francisco.