Template:Did you know nominations/Engine Company 21 (Chicago)
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 18:47, 18 February 2021 (UTC)
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Engine Company 21 (Chicago)
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Firefighters responding to an alarm
- ... that when the fireman's pole (use pictured) was invented at Chicago's Engine Company 21, other firefighters thought they were crazy ... until 21 started being the first to arrive at fires? Source: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/invention-firemans-pole-180975206/ "When Kenyon installed his pole in 1878, other firefighters in the city thought the idea was crazy—until they saw that Company 21 was now often the first to arrive on scene. "
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Ibrahim Omer
- Comment: Actual article reviewed was Rawiri Waititi
Created by Valereee (talk). Self-nominated at 18:24, 14 February 2021 (UTC).
- ALT1 ... that when the fireman's pole (use pictured) was invented at Chicago's Engine Company 21, other firefighters thought its use was crazy ... until 21 started being the first crew to arrive at fires?
This interesting article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and I have added ALT1 as an alternative. The image is in the public domain, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:55, 15 February 2021 (UTC)
