PAUL HASHAGEN , a Firehouse ® contributing editor, is a retired FDNY firefighter who was assigned to Rescue 1 in Manhattan. He is also an ex-chief of the Freeport, NY, Fire Department. Hashagen is the author of FDNY: The Bravest, An Illustrated History 1865-2002 , the official history of the New York City Fire Department, and other fire service books. His latest novel, Fire of God , is available at dmcfirebooks.com.
Articles by Paul
Rekindles 5/13
by Paul Hashagen
Created: May 8, 2013
GARDEN CITY, NY: MAY 1, 1913 – Fire tore through five aviation hangars...
Rekindles 4/13
by Paul Hashagen
Created: April 1, 2013
COLON, PANAMA: APRIL 2, 1913 – As more than 100 American employees of the...
Rekindles 3/13
by Paul Hashagen
Created: March 1, 2013
NEW YORK CITY: MARCH 3, 1913 – Four alarms were transmitted for a...
Rekindles 1/13
by Paul Hashagen
Created: January 1, 2013
PRINCETON, NJ: JAN. 1, 1913 – Alexander Hall, the oldest building of...
Rekindles 2/13
by Paul Hashagen
Created: December 17, 2012
YORK, NE: FEB. 2, 1913 – Firemen arrived to find several homes in...
Rekindles 12/12
by Paul Hashagen
Created: December 1, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC: DEC. 6, 1912 – Colonel Spencer Cosby of the U.S. Army...
Rekindles 11/12
by Paul Hashagen
Created: November 1, 2012
KNOX CITY, TX: NOV. 1, 1912 – Just after midnight, a fire started in a...
Rekindles 9/12
by Paul Hashagen
Created: September 1, 2012
HACKENSACK, NJ: SEPT. 1, 1912 – A large, seven-passenger touring car...
Rekindles 8/12
by Paul Hashagen
Created: August 1, 2012
BROOKLYN, NY: AUG. 1, 1912 – Shortly after 10 A.M., there was a...
Rekindles 7/12
by Paul Hashagen
Created: July 1, 2012
NORTH ADAMS, MA: JULY 2, 1912 – A disastrous fire tore through the...
Rekindles 6/12
by Paul Hashagen
Created: June 1, 2012
MIDDLETOWN, CT: JUNE 1, 1912 – Wesleyan College suffered its second fire...
Rekindles 5/12
by Paul Hashagen
Created: May 1, 2012
CLEVELAND, OH: MAY, 1, 1912 – Five men were killed when Standard Oil...
Rekindles 4/12
by Paul Hashagen
Created: April 1, 2012
MARYSVILLE, WA: APRIL 4, 1912 – About 7 o’clock in the evening, fire...
Rekindles 3/12
by Paul Hashagen
Created: March 1, 2012
MIDDLETOWN, NY: MARCH 4, 1912: – Apparently worried by financial...
Rekindles 2/2012
by Paul Hashagen
Created: February 1, 2012
CRANFORD, NJ: FEB. 3, 1912 – It was just after 3 o’clock in the morning...
The Equitable Building Fire
by Paul Hashagen
Created: December 6, 2011
In its day, no other private business building in the world could compare...
100 Years Ago
by Paul Hashagen
Created: November 30, 2011
OIL CITY, LA: DEC. 1, 1911 – Two large fires blazed in separate areas...
Dec. 7, 1941: A Day of Infamy ...and FIRE
by Paul Hashagen
Created: November 30, 2011
Sunday morning, 0800 hours in Hawaii. The day shift was starting in...
Rekindles 1/12
by Paul Hashagen
Created: November 22, 2011
MARQUETTE, MI: JAN. 3, 1912 – The Miner’s National Bank at Ishpeming...
Rekindles 12/11
by Paul Hashagen
Created: November 10, 2011
OIL CITY, LA: DEC. 1, 1911 – Two large fires blazed in separate areas...