Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Firemen's Muster, Presque Isle, 1938

"Firemen's Muster, Presque Isle, 1938 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description This photograph of a Firemen's Muster…"

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"… and what is the emergency is, but for career firemen, they send a bell to the firehouse. Volunteer firemen play a vital role in saving lives for…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… Free Library Musters were a popular firemen's event that started in the early 1850’s. With a gathering of antique equipment for the use of…"

Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"… on a bugle, which would have all the volunteer firemen go to the fire department. Everybody would carry the leather buckets to the Kennebec River…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"… large enough to fit the equipment, horses and firemen. The 1912 building served as the municipal court (top floor), fire house (main floor) and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Fires in Rumford

"The town’s fire alarm brought the firemen, their teams of horses to haul the equipment, and the hoses from both Rumford and the adjoining town of…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"No. 1 firemen's muster and parade, Portland, 1846Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society Collection includes several major examples of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Kent of Engine 6 and injured five other firemen. Although this picture was not used in the Portland Evening Express article on May 21st, it shows the…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"Firemen in front of City Liquor Agency, Portland, 1886Maine Historical Society Firemen in front of City Liquor Agency Portland, 1886 Collections of…"

Historic Hallowell - Police and Fire Citations

""Occasion of Aid to Augusta Firemen." [hallowell] n.d.: n. pag. "Tiger Association Revived; Funds Sought." The Kennebec Journal [augusta] 10 August…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… of the mobile canteen unit that accompanied firemen on major fires. Somehow, Dr. Haigis also found time to play occasionally with the Don Doane…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… a slate roof, helped slow down the fire so the firemen and others could put out the flames. That surviving building is 108 Front Street which is…"

Guilford, Maine - Pre-Settlement And The First 100 Years

"The pay for firemen was either $3 per year or their poll tax. The water supply came from the river using a pump in the Piscataquis Woolen Mill."

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"The ringing of the Steamer bell called out the firemen and the Steamer with hose was loaded on a train… [t] he train left Bangor at ten minutes of…"