Editing Fire engine (section)

===Early pumpers===
[[File:Fire truck and firemen, NSW Brigade headquarters 1941.jpg|thumb|A fire engine in [[Sydney]], Australia in 1941]]
Early pumpers used cisterns as a source of water. Water was later put into wooden pipes under the streets and a "fire plug" was pulled out of the top of the pipe when a suction hose was to be inserted. Later systems incorporated pressurized [[fire hydrant]]s, where the pressure was increased when a fire alarm was sounded. This was found to be harmful to the system and unreliable. Today's valved hydrant systems are kept under pressure at all times, although additional pressure may be added when needed. Pressurized hydrants eliminate much of the work in obtaining water for pumping through the engine and into the attack hoses. Many rural fire engines still rely upon cisterns or other sources for drafting water into the pumps. [[Steam pumper]] came in to use in the 1850s.