Firefighters burned two structures to the ground and used another to practice Principles of Modern Fire Attack, a technique that uses the latest research regarding how best to enter a structure. The firefighters set small fires in the rooms of the building and practiced spraying a steady stream of water into the window to cool the room down before they entered.

Assistant Fire Chief Jake Ribordy said the exercises were important in helping everyone practice new skills. The day was also important in giving the firefighters practice handling the hoses, moving them around, and positioning the vehicles.

The building in which they ran drills was donated for their use and they burned the other structures as a favor to the owner. They patrolled the area surrounding the burning structures to control stray embers and used high-powered water canons on the fire trucks to put the fires out. Interested onlookers lined the street, watching the structures burn hot with flames many feet in the air.

Firefighters say no one was inside the home at the time of the fire, but flames shooting out of the side of the home burned through a power line supplying the home sending it on top of the engine. Peoria Fire Department says that slowed them down in fighting the fire. However, firefighters were able to get it under control within 20 minutes.

No one was injured.

The "Eagle No. 1" hand pumper is now tucked safely away in the Carriage Museum at the Granger Homestead, while the "Ontario No. 3" hand pumper is on display at Fire Station No. 1 along with a Merrill Hose Company two-wheeled hose reel cart.

The following article from 1917 tells the tale of how the two hand pumpers were saved.

"Valiant Service in Their Time; Two Old Hand Fire Engines Rescued from Complete Destruction"

Two of the old hand fire engines with which the Canandaigua Fire Department was originally equipped have been rescued from neglect and threatened destruction, and have been placed in quarters where they will be preserved and remain accessible for inspection. It goes without saying that they form a striking contrast to the succeeding steam fire engines, or with the motor driven chemical engines of the present day.

One of these interesting relics of the old firefighters, through permission of the city authorities, has recently been deposited in the Ontario County Historical Museum, and the other has been put in custody of the Merrill Hose Company No. 2 and is exhibited at its fire station at 20 Phoenix Street.

The oldest of these two engines, the one now located in the basement of the museum, is without a doubt the first piece of firefighting apparatus purchased by the Village in 1816. This engine is named the "Eagle." It passed through more than forty years of useful service, and has been a notable feature of succeeding street parades including that of the patriotic demonstration on July 19 last.