Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. Firemen do not wait for the truck to come to a halt when they approach a fire, but jerk the hose into the street and the truck proceeds to the fire. This enables one fireman to hookup the hose to the hydrant while the truck proceeds closer to the fire

Firehouse Station No. 4. Washington, D.C. Firemen pull a large hose from the truck and the truck proceeds to the area nearer to the fire. One man stays with the hose and is responsible for attaching it to the nearest fire hydrant. He is called the layout man

Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. Lieutenant Mills pulling the main fire fighting hose from the truck so that it can be hooked to the nearest hydrant

Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. Fireman backing in a truck in the station after a fire

Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. Firemen do not wait for the truck to come to a halt when they approach a fire, but jerk the hose into the street and the truck proceeds to the fire. This enables one fireman to hookup the hose to the hydrant while the truck proceeds closer to the fire

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Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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01/01/1943

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Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006, photographer

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Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687

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Library of Congress

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Washington, D.C. Firehouse Station No. 4. Firemen do not wait for the truck to come to a halt when they approach a fire, but jerk the hose into the street and the truck proceeds to the fire. This enables one fireman to hookup the hose to the hydrant while the truck proceeds closer to the fire

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