Each playset includes one or more magnetic figures that, when placed on an action tile, engage in activities such as opening doors, dancing, sliding down a fire pole, escaping dinosaurs ...

That’s a rare combination, so let’s take a look at the team that invented the fireman’s pole. Warning: Absolutely no “fireman’s pole” jokes will be tolerated in the comments.

Poles like these at a Boston fire station are no longer used universally, but they remain emblematic of the profession. Alex Potter In the 19th century, American firefighters had two ways of ...

Firefighters slide down the slippery pole to a waiting engine. (1948) Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis __1878: __A Chicago firefighter hears the alarm ringing and slides down a pole that just ...

A fun family home that comes with a slide and a fireman's pole has gone on the market for £3.295million. The new owners of Hapsford Stables near Frome, Somerset, will never have to walk down the ...

For those who have ever wanted to slide down a real fire pole, the Red Rescue Retreat is the hotel for you. The retreat is an old fire truck that has been converted into a tiny vacation home.

This luxury property could be the ultimate fun house - as it has a tube slide and a fireman's pole to get downstairs. The nine bed mansion in Lymington, Hampshire, offers the occupants the two fun ...

Check out this former firehouse on the market for $100k – complete with the original fireman’s pole. The three-bedroom property – named ‘Hose House’ – was built in 1900 and is now on ...

complete with a fireman's pole and real uniforms to dress up in. Kids will also love the fire truck beds - and you can stay for just £20 each a night. The Red Rescue Retreat is found in Keswick ...

Above: The actual, real, live fire pole. Like a full regulation fire pole that people can actually use to drop down a floor. Or an officially certified slide to get down to the lobby after a long day.

He tells the mind-blowing story of how the fireman's pole was invented by an African American firehouse in Chicago's south side in the 1870s, and also shares his hopes of creating neighborhood ...