27 March - Tuesday

World Theater Day

1841 The first steam fire engine was tested

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March 27, 1841 in New York, was tested the first steam fire engine, designed by Paul Hodge. The invention was 14 feet long, weighed about 8 tons and required two horses to budge.
The car was determined to work on one of the sections of New York, but after a while it was found to be too heavy. Besides, instead of extinguishing fires, she herself spewed sparks from the exhaust port ...
With the invention of steam engines and their use for driving fire pumps, it has been possible to significantly increase the effectiveness of fire extinguishing. In 1863 for the St. Petersburg fire brigade was purchased the English steam engine of the factory "Shand-Mason".
For a long time, the main fire-extinguishing agent was water, the use of which in some cases did not give the desired effect, for example, when extinguishing burning oils and oil.
Officially, the first fire extinguisher is one that was patented in 1863 by engineer Alan Cray in Virginia (USA).
At the beginning of the 20th century, the teacher of the Baku grammar school A.G. Laurent proposed a new extinguishing agent - a fire extinguishing chemical foam generated in a fire extinguisher. The patent for foam and fire extinguisher Laurent received in 1902.