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What Roman emperor created Vigiles?
Augustus (reigned 63 BC-14 AD)
Ch. 2, pg. 11
Who appointed night watchmen called "prowlers" or "the rattle watch?"
Peter Stuyvesant
Ch. 2, pg. 12
During the Great Fire of London, how much of London burned?
Almost 80%
What American city was designed with fire in mind, and even had the first water supply?
Philadelphia
Ch. 2, pg. 12 & 14
What was the first volunteer fire brigade? When was it founded? What led to its founding?
-Union Fire Company
-1736
-Articles in Benjamin Franklin's newspaper, the Philadelphia Gazette.
Name the two first fire insurance companies in the 1700's
-Friendly Society of Charleston (1736)
-Philadelphia Contributorship (1751)
"Beginning in the 1750's, first in Philadelphia, insurance companies began to display ___________ on structures covered by them."
Fire marks
What type of fire became a serious problem in 18th century New York?
Arson
Ch. 2, pg. 13
What is arson?
Intentionally set fire for the purpose of financial gain
How much of New Orleans was destroyed by fire on Good Friday 1788?
Seven-eighths
Ch. 2, pg. 14
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