The fire service is rich in tradition and before telephones, computers, and 911, fire alarms were transmitted to a dispatch center via telegram from a fire alarm box and then relayed to firehouses using the same technology. Depending on the type of situation, a bell in the firehouse would ring a certain number of times and firefighters would then have an idea of where they needed to go and what for. While those days are gone, one code is still widely known throughout the fire service: 5-5 5-5. The four 5s (a bell struck in four intervals of 5 rings each) signifies the last alarm of a firefighter; that he or she has returned to a higher station.
We Remember Those Who Went Before Us
We Remember Those Who Went Before Us
Hjalmer Anderson, Cloquet Fire Department
John Grym, Virginia Fire Department
Harry Hawkinson, Virginia Fire Department
Frederic Oberg, Cloquet Fire Department
Chauncey Pettinelli, Virginia Fire Department
Gordon Mattson, Cloquet Fire Department
John Grym, Virginia Fire Department
Harry Hawkinson, Virginia Fire Department
Frederic Oberg, Cloquet Fire Department
Chauncey Pettinelli, Virginia Fire Department
Gordon Mattson, Cloquet Fire Department