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The oldest documents identifying government sanctioned African American firefighters were found in
New Orleans, Louisiana.
A devastating fire in July 1817 led the governing body to organize its people to avoid another conflagration. All draymen and their equipment as well as individual free men of color and slaves were recruited.
Links and Resources
- New Orleans Fire Department
- City Of New Orleans
- International Association of Black Professioal Firefighters
- African American Firefighters Museum
- National Fire Academy
- History of Black Firefighters
- African American Women Fire Fighters
- National Fire Protection Assocaition
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- United States Fire Administration