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George Consider Hale (1849-1923) was fire chief in Kansas City, Missouri from 1882 to 1902. [1] During this time he competed in the international firemen competition in Paris, and another in London in 1893. [1] [2] He was also the holder of more than 60 patents for fire fighting equipment. [1] He is an honoree of Kansas City Fire Brigade's Hall ...
The Kansas City Fire Department first originated with the formation of volunteer bucket brigades as early as 1858. Church bells rung to signal a fire alarm and members would assemble at the scene to help. In 1867, the city abandoned the voluntary bucket brigade for a paid fire department, and Colonel Frank Foster was elected as its first chief. [4]
A change in hiring policy instructs the city manager to reconsider whether college degrees are “strictly necessary” for some jobs . Kansas City’s next fire chief won’t need a college ...
Shortly before the explosion, at 3:40am, the Kansas City Fire Department received their first call alerting to a pickup truck fire on the construction site. The possibility of explosives catching fire was mentioned in this call. Pumper 41, consisting of a captain and two firefighters, was dispatched to the scene where it arrived at 3:46am.
The city told several non-white and female applicants last December that the search for a new fire chief was suspended without explaining why. KC’s ‘interim’ fire chief has had job nearly 2 ...
The U.S. Department of Justice notified Kansas City in mid-2021 that it was investigating racial discrimination within the Kansas City Fire Department.. The public only became aware of the federal ...
Firefighters responded to the blaze at 12:15 a.m. at an apartment building in the 2600 block of East Eighth Street, said Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins with the Kansas City Fire Department.
Bryant was a firefighter starting in 1977 before becoming the fire chief of Oklahoma City from 2005 to 2017. [2] [3] He was also the president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. [4] In May 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Bryant as Administrator of the United States Fire Administration (USFA). [5] [6]