Firefighting In London In The Seventeenth Century

Indeed, the lingering question, why was the fire not extinguished before transforming into an uncontrollable monster. During the seventeenth century, London had no organized fire protection system. In fact, firefighting methods were primitive the only method in extinguish fires was sheer manpower As a matter of fact as the blazing hot flames extended to other parts of the city, accordingly all residents within the settlement engaged all their efforts into extinguishing the fire. Consequently the fire was greater than their firefighting equipment, which included long ladders, buckets, and axes as well as fire hooks. “How can we extinguish a fire if we don't first cut off the fuel that ignites the inferno? ” (Arun Gandhi) In some cases,