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Earl Gage Jr. (c. 1927 – July 30, 2017) was an American firefighter. He was the first Black firefighter in San Francisco, California. He served as the only Black firefighter for 12 years. During his 28-year career, Gage promoted efforts to increase racial diversity.
In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Fire departments in California" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 ...
The Los Angeles Fire Department on the scene of a fire in the Bradbury Building, Downtown Los Angeles in 1947 The Newport Beach Fire Department's Engine 63 at the training facility in Newport Beach Fire Station#1 of the Riverside Fire Department, circa 1910, at the corner of 8th and Lime Streets (8th Street is now University Avenue) The San Francisco Fire Department's Fireboat Guardian stands ...
More than 100 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel live in other states. The LAFD says it's assessing whether to require new firefighters to live in California.
Brian K. Rice, president of the California Professional Firefighters union, which represents more than 35,000 firefighters, said in a statement Saturday evening that it "is shocking that we have a ...
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) [2] [3] is the fire department of the California Natural Resources Agency in the U.S. state of California.It is responsible for fire protection in various areas under state responsibility totaling 31 million acres, as well as the administration of the state's private and public forests.
That made him, and the hundreds of other retired California cops and firefighters flooding into the town in recent years, seem practically socialist to the old guard who find it hard to trust new ...
In 1954, firefighter Arnett Hartsfield Jr. founded the Stentorians as a fraternal group of black firefighters. The organization took its name from the Greek root, stentor, meaning a powerful voice. [a] They espoused non-violence and adopted the slogan, "We only fight the department on integration." The Stentorians determined that to protect the ...