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Cape Cod Firefighting (Images of America)
Cape Cod Firefighting - Images of America Author:Britton W. Crosby From the founding of its first fire department in Provincetown in 1836, Cape Cod has had an exciting and unique firefighting historyóas told in Cape Cod Firefighting. Rare and recently discovered photographs depict some of the areaís largest fires, as well as its many innovations, from Provincetownís first Hunneman hand pumper, kn... more »own as the ìGeorge Washington,î to the brush breakers uniquely designed to respond to the Capeís devastating forest fires. Cape Cod fire departments also developed rescue squads that eventually evolved into the first emergency medical service system in Massachusetts to use paramedics. The images in Cape Cod Firefighting offer a tribute to the people and events that have shaped Cape Codís fire rescue service. ÝÝ« less