When towns started having more issues with buildings burning down they created what it is known today as a fire mark. Which was a piece of metal strong enough to withstand the fire. These fire marks were insurance companies that were paid by the individual of the home to be protected. It is believed that whichever fire department responded to the fire first was paid by the insurance company. Often causing the different departments to fight on scene to see who …show more content…
The water was put into a tub by an intake tube that the fire brigade had to dump water into. Some fire engines had a hand-stitched line of leather tubing that dumped water into the waiting bucket brigade firemen. In most circumstances this made it much easier to attack a fire without getting the engine to close to the structure or incident. With hand pumps it made it possible for firemen to draft water from ponds and rivers to put out their fires much more accurately. The fire engine created a tool to help the firemen save time because they were able to think a little more about where the water needed to go instead of dumping it because of being in a hurry. Soon after in the 19th century they replaced the leather stitching on the house with copper rivets for brass fittings which made it allowable to take the water into buildings in small