Cause for Alarm: Protecting Delaware from Fire
05/24/2016 at 06:00 PM
Location: Harrington Public Library
Address: 110 E Center St
Harrington, DE 19952
Cause for Alarm: Protecting Delaware from Fire
Tuesday, May 24th @ 6:00 pm— A program from the Delaware Humanities Forum presented by Mr. Michael Dixon. Delaware, a state with many densely packed communities filled with old, wooden structures, has seen its share of tragic fires and conflagrations. This grave threat to public safety, from the beginning of colonization, caused people to enact regulations and form fire departments. This story of firefighting provides an overview of what fire has done to our towns and cities as we rebuilt, implemented new laws, and organized more effective fire protection forces. The lecture is loaded with stories describing how places throughout the state bravely confronted the “fire fiend” when the dreaded “fire bell in the night” called people them from their slumbers.