The Gift for Firefighters
is about 4 inches long. The People and Profession Tree Ornaments include a red Firefighter helmet with yellow squares around the top and the Firefighter emblem on the front. Underneath the helmet is an eye bolt with a short length of monofilament line, hanging from the monofilament line is a red Fire Hydrant. The Fire Hydrant from these Unique Christmas Ornaments are almost an exact, miniature, replica of a real hydrant. It even has a silver chain around the middle that connects to a silver pin that would hold the cap on and silver mounting bolts on the bottom. Select to see a complete listing of our Christmas Decorations Ideas.

Fire Hydrants
The concept of fire plugs dates to at least the 1600s. This was a time when firefighters responding to a call would dig down to the water mains and hastily bore a hole to secure water to fight fires via bucket brigades or, later, via hand pumped fire engines. The holes were then plugged with stoppers, which over time came to be known as fire plugs. This is the source of the colloquial term fire plug still used for fire hydrants today. After the Great Fire of London in 1666, the city installed water mains with holes drilled at intervals, equipped with risers, allowing an access point to the wooden fire plugs from street level. Select this link to view our Firefighter Ornaments.

Medical Professionals.
In the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and other developed countries, medicine has become more complicated as it has progressed. In most cases, a doctor makes the major decisions regarding care of patients. Traditionally, all doctors received general medical training and treated all types of patients. Sick people received most care in their homes from one doctor who treated the whole family. Then, during the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, hospitals began to provide a better environment than homes for seriously ill patients. Family doctors began to admit patients to hospitals to take advantage of such features as skilled nursing care and operating rooms. Family doctors continued to oversee care of their hospitalized patients single handedly. Check out our Christmas Ornament Sets for the holidays.