Rare Historical Photos Show Firefighters Working in Extremely Cold Weather

Winter brings an Exceptional set of Dangers and challenges for firefighters Which range from mild annoyance to extreme threat, especially when the temperature drops below an extreme level where equipment, vehicles, and the human body can’t work properly. Everything goes slower in extreme cold. The hydrants are usually buried beneath the snowdrifts.

Firefighters normally need protection against both cold and heat in the Same episode. They are subjected to the cold whilst responding and setup, then they might experience intense warmth when combating the fire. Adding layers of clothes to provide Additional insulation in the cold Adds bulk and weight, restricting activity, and requires extra physical effort to carry out easy tasks. It is typical for a firefighter to be soaked in perspiration on the inside and coated with ice on the exterior.

Here below are some historical photos that show how firefighters combat fire during extreme weather.

#1 New York firefighters battle a blaze while coated with icicles, 1904.

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#2 Firefighters battle a blaze in Montreal, 1889.

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#3 Firefighters respond to an emergency in Chicago, 1900.

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#4 The remains of the Eureka building in Chicago, 1920.

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#5 The burned and ice-encrusted remains of the Monticello Hotel in Norfolk, Virginia, 1918.

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#6 New York firefighters help a colleague chip the ice off his uniform, 1936.

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#7 The remains of the Williamson Glass Company in Boston, 1939.

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#8 A firefighter on the scene of a blaze in Coney Island, New York, 1940.

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#9 Firefighters battle a blaze in Albany, New York, 1940.

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#10 FDNY 35th Battalion Chief William Travers warms up with some coffee at a fire in Brooklyn, 1942.

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#11 Chicago firefighters respond to a fire in sub-freezing temperatures, 1958.

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#12 The photo was taken in 1958.

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#13 Chicago, 1958.

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#14 Chicago, 1958.

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#15 Chicago, 1958.

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#16 Firemen try to free equipment encrusted in ice after their fight with a five-alarm fire in a vacant hotel in Brooklyn.

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#17 Firefighter looking at frozen ladder, 1900s.

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#18 Firefighter put out a fire in downtown Minneapolis on a winter day, 1904.

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#19 The sudden return of near-zero weather worked a hardship on firemen fighting a blaze at 33rd Street and Eleventh Ave., New York, 1936.

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#20 Volunteer firefighters extinguish a fire during an exercise in Bad Reichenhall, Germany, February 1939.

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#21 A fire truck arrives at the site of a fire during a snowstorm in New York, 1940.

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#22 A firefighter’s car covered in a thick layer of ice in Chicago, February 16, 1940.

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#23 Firefighters finish extinguishing a fire at a hotel in Burlington by a temperature below zero degree in Vermont, 1940.

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#24 In freezing temperatures, firefighters battle a blaze, Chicago, Illinois, 1958.

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#25 In freezing temperatures, firefighters battle a blaze, Chicago, Illinois, 1958.

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#26 Fire during wintertime in Chicago, Illnois, 1958

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#27 Firefighters spraying water during winter in Chicago, Illinois, 1958

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#28 Firemen spraying water on fire building during a snowstorm, United States, 1961

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#29 Snow scenes at Tees Marine Dry Dock. 14th February 1978.

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#30 A firefighter carries a hose between an ice-covered fire engine and burning buildings in downtown Minneapolis on Thanksgiving Day, 1982.

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