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In 1950 it was transferred to the Bureau of Fire. [2] In 1886, the department hired its first Black firefighter, who served with Engine Company 11. In 1919, Engine Company 11 was designated the department's all-Black unit. Later Fire Boat One was also an all-Black unit. The Department began to desegregate in February 1949. [5]
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Pennsylvania Task Force One, PA-TF-1, serves as one of FEMA’s 28 Urban Search and Rescue Teams. The sponsoring agency for Pennsylvania Task Force 1 Urban Search and Rescue is the Philadelphia Fire Department, through a Quad Party Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Philadelphia, DHS/FEMA Washington, D.C., FEMA Region III and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency.
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Engine Company No. 11 was a fire-engine company in Philadelphia. Established in 1871, it was Philadelphia's only all-black segregated company from 1919, and was desegregated in 1952. [ 1 ] In 1871, Philadelphia established its professional fire department, creating 22 fire companies, replacing about 90 volunteer companies.
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Philadelphia Fire Department established. Masonic Temple built. [5] Dutrieuille caterers in business. [50] [51] 1874 – Philadelphia Zoo opens. [20] 1876 May 10: Centennial International Exhibition opens. Workingmen's Party of America founded in Philadelphia. [52] [53] 1877 – Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art opens. [54] 1878 ...