AURORA — He was the first African-American lieutenant in the Aurora Fire Department, the first captain and the first battalion chief. Now Chris Henderson is poised to become the first black ...

“African Americans all worked on just truck companies and the white ... Black Battalion Chief, Chief Hazel Wine Jr. Both, a product of the Coming Street Fire Station, promoted from Ladder ...

It’s one of the first ladder apparatuses for the Grand Junction Fire Department,” he said. The old black and white photos gave the project a good starting point, but Bates quickly realized ...

“Bronze Fire-fighters Ready for Action.” A black-and-white photograph in a 1963 edition ... But she worked hard and worked her way up the ladder. Atlanta Councilman Michael Julian Bond ...

Engine 234 in Crown Heights is currently the only majority black FDNY ... He served in Ladder 123 from 1975 to 1981. During that time the house slowly changed from predominantly white to slightly ...