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According to American Red Cross statistics, the annual losses from floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, and other natural disasters combined in the United States average just a fraction of those from fires. House fires in particular are one of the most common tragedies facing emergency disaster workers in recent history. According to the ...
The AAFFM features vintage fire equipment and apparatus, memorabilia, histories and photos of pioneering African-American firefighters in Los Angeles. Other displays include photos, artifacts and memorabilia of African American firefighters, officers and historical women fire service professionals from around the country.
The history of African-American firefighters in the LAFD began to take shape in the 1940s and 1950s when individual firefighters and officers began organizing and making their voices heard. As their numbers in the ranks grew, slowly at first but with the return of many blacks after serving in the military overseas, they stood firm that there ...
Life of an American Fireman is a short, silent film Edwin S. Porter made for the Edison Manufacturing Company.It was shot late in 1902 and distributed early in 1903. One of the earliest American narrative films, it depicts the rescue of a woman and child from a burning building.
Molly Williams (fl. 1818) was the first known female, and first known black, firefighter in the United States. [1] An African American, she was a slave [2] of the New York City merchant Benjamin Aymar. She was affiliated with the Oceanus Engine Company #11 in lower Manhattan. During her time in the company, she was called Volunteer No. 11. [3]
The Fire Prevention Week commemorates the Great Chicago Fire.On the 40th anniversary (1911) of the Great Chicago Fire, the Fire Marshals Association of North America (FMANA), the oldest membership section of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), sponsored the first National Fire Prevention Day, deciding to observe the anniversary as a way to keep the public informed about the ...
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1891 monument in Hoboken, New Jersey. The list of firefighting monuments and memorials covers firefighters' contributions, and some memorials to other fire victims, such as the mass memorial to unknown victims of the 1871 Peshtigo fire, which caused the greatest loss of life of any fire in the United States.