[3] In the 1600s, each resident was cautioned to keep a ladder handy in case he may need to put out a fire on his thatched roof or climb out of harm's way should there be an attack from the Indians.

[4] In 1796, a new company was charted by the General Court granting Calvin Whiting the right to deliver water from Federal Hill to houses in the High Street and Franklin Square areas using hollowed out pine logs.

[5] The water cost $5 a year and was transported to homes in pipes made of hollow pine logs.

[8] In 1831, Town Meeting purchased eight more engines, including the Niagara and Water Witch, for the central village.

[14] Hurricane Carol knocked down the East Dedham firehouse's 80-foot bell tower on August 31, 1954.

[15] It flew across the station and landed on 219 Bussey St, the house next door, where Maria Guerriero was feeding her one-year-old son, Joseph.

[16] In the early days of fire services in Dedham, each engine had its own company of men attached to it and keen was the rivalry existing between the organizations.

[20] Chief Henry J. Harrigan oversaw the changeover from horse-drawn apparatus to motorized trucks in 1919.

[22] If the horn sounds box 2-2-2-2, that means the Dedham Public Schools have been canceled due to snow.

[24] Inside the statue of William B. Gould are three photos of the ribbon cutting of the Public Safety Building.

[40] The medal was awarded for a second time in 2015 to Lieutenant William Walsh and Firefighter Jared Blaney for "going above and beyond the call of duty and putting themselves at extreme risk" by entering a burning building on Harding Terrace to save a victim trapped inside.

[41] A plaque was unveiled in Harrigan's honor outside the main firehouse on October 18, 2015, the 75th anniversary of his death, in a ceremony organized by Deputy Chief John Fontaine.