From Aachen to Zerbst - full scale bombing from A to Z by the allies in World War 2.
The leather helmet worn till about 1936 by the volunteer fire brigades, until replaced with light steel helmet
No fire brigade could cope with these conditions - Hamburg-Eilbek after the raids in July 1943. Most of the entire city was devastated, estimated casualties around 45.000
Post-war fire brigades.