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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]
Great River Fire Department; Long Beach Fire Department (New York) Mount Sinai Fire Department; New York City Fire Department; Oceanic H&L Company No. 1; Plandome Fire Department; Rescue Hook and Ladder Co.1 Haverstraw NY; Richmond Engine Co. 1; Sayville Fire Department; Schenectady Fire Department; Wantagh Fire Department; Yonkers Fire Department
Dorrance Township Volunteer Fire Department (St. 124) Dupont Fire Department (St. 125) Germania Hose Company (St. 126) Excelsior Hose Company (St. 226) Edwardsville Fire Department (St. 127) Exeter Township Fire Department (St. 128) Harding Fire Department (St. 129) Mt. Zion Fire Department (St. 229) Fairmount Township Volunteer Fire Department ...
Franklin Hose Company No. 28, also known as Harmony Engine Company No. 6, is a historic fire station located in the Southwest Center City neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was originally built about 1849, and considerably altered with a new front in 1868–1869.
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.
Philadelphia's monument to Engine Company No. 11, "One of 22 fire companies established under the Philadelphia Fire Department in 1871. In 1919, it became a segregated African American unit whose members distinguished themselves through professional service. Desegregated in 1952." At Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, South St. and S. Alder St.
The Philadelphia Fire Department operates nine fire stations serving South Philadelphia. [9] Most of South Philadelphia resides in Fire Battalion 1, headquartered at 711 S. Broad Street. Portions of South Philadelphia reside in Battalion 4, headquartered at N. 4th and Arch streets, and Battalion 11, headquartered at 43rd and Market streets. [1]
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 ...