Cape Cod Firefighting

From the founding of its first fire department in Provincetown in 1836, Cape Cod has had an exciting and unique firefighting history-as told in Cape Cod Firefighting. Rare and recently discovered photographs depict some of the area's largest fires, as well as its many innovations, from Provincetown's first Hunneman hand pumper, known as the George Washington, to the brush breakers uniquely designed to respond to the Cape's devastating forest fires. Cape Cod fire departments also developed r...