***** Century Fire Fighters In Vienna - Fire-fighters of the early 19th Century trying to put out a blaze with the aid of a hand-pump. A feature of the 250 years jubilee celebrations if the Vienna Fire Brigade, is a display of fire fighting through the ages - since 1685. Insurance office in the early nineteenth century maintained their own fire brigades, which used hand pump like this one being demonstrated in a display of old fire fighting equipment. June 10, 1936.