Fire Buffs promote the general welfare of the fire and rescue service and protect its heritage and history. Famous Fire Buffs through the years include New York Fire Surgeon Harry Archer, Boston Pops Conductor Arthur Fiedler, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia and - legend has it - President George Washington.


Friday, February 3, 2023

HOBOKEN - 1930s


Fire struck the Windsor Wax Co. at 611 Newark Ave. in Hoboken in the 1930s. The building survived the blaze. 

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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

FLYING FELINE - 1941


Photo: Paterson News via Paterson Fire History
Frisky feline acrobatics - an amazing news photography - at 51 Fair Street in Paterson, New Jersey, on Dec. 6, 1941. As firefighters attempted to rescue her, a grey cat belonging to Mrs. Fanny Levinson survived a daredevil dive unscathed after more than a day meowing perched atop a 40-foot wash-line pole. Once home, Mrs. Levinson fed the frightened flying cat a bowl of milk.

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