. "Jan van der Heiden"@en . "1712-09-12Z"^^ . "Heyden, Jan van der"@en . "1637-03-05Z"^^ . . "Dutch painter" . "1637Z"^^ . "1712Z"^^ . "Jan van der Heyden (March 5, 1637, Gorinchem \u2013 September 12, 1712, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Baroque-era painter, draughtsman, printmaker, a mennonite and inventor who significantly contributed to contemporary firefighting. He improved the fire hose in 1672, with his brother Nicolaes, who was a hydraulic engineer. He modified the manual fire engines, reorganised the volunteer fire brigade (1685) and wrote and illustrated the first firefighting manual (Brandspuiten-boek)."@en . . . .