Use of GPS technology

Use of wooden ladders

Use of manual alarms

Use of water buckets

Using gas masks

Dipping beards in water

Using handkerchiefs

Wearing wet cloths

First female firefighter

First firefighter to use a hose

Inventor of the fire engine

First firefighter to climb a ladder

Clanging bells and rattles

Lighting signal fires

Shooting fireworks

Blowing whistles

To identify rank

To store small tools

To funnel water away from the face

To protect the neck from heat