Firefighting Equipment. Manual for Fire Crews

Reprint from the publication. The book was compiled by Count Sheremetyev, the foreman of the fireman named after Peter the Great, who is under the highest protection of her imperial majesty Empress Maria Fedorovna. SPb., 1904. 361 Illustration in the text. A separate color sheet with flags and fire signals of the departments. Count Alexander Dmitrievich Sheremetev (February 27, 1859, St. Petersburg-May 18, 1931, Saint-Genevieve-de-Bua)-Russian philanthropist and amateur musician. The grandson of Nikolai Sheremetev and the singer Praskovi Zhemchugova. The descendant of the ancient boyar family Alexander Dmitrievich from a young age had two addictions - music and fire affairs. He organized exemplary fire brigades in his estates - high and Ulyanovka. For constant interest in the fire department, he was called the "Brandmaster Count". He even arranged with the sovereign so that if he was at some reception or a ball in the Winter Palace, and somewhere in St. Petersburg there was a fire, he was immediately notified. He then threw everything, dressed in a fire suit and rushed into a fire in a stroller or car