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New London Firefighting (CT) (Images of America)

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The New London Fire Department used to be born in 1767 when Nathaniel Shaw Jr. presented the city with its first fire engine. Since then, New London has had a successful history of emergency medical service, heroic assistance throughout natural disasters, and implausible 0firefighting. The city’s most notorious fire occurred on September 6, 1781. Under the command of the infamous traitor and New London County native, Gen. Benedict Arnold, British troops set New London ablaze. A substantial amount of life and property used to be lost. At a 1786 town meeting, residents started the primary regular fire company, which ultimately evolved into eight volunteer companies. New London Firefighting proudly chronicles its initial humble volunteer system as much as these days’s technologically advanced apparatus and career staff.

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