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Category : Fire departments
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Houston Fire Department, 1838-1971
Author: Houston Fire Department
Author: Fire Museum of Houston and Tristan SmithPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467132985
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Houston's firefighting service began in 1838 with the founding of Protection Fire Company No. 1. As the city of Houston grew throughout the early and mid-19th century, volunteer companies formed and grew along with it. By 1895, city leaders decided to form the Houston Fire Department as a city department, culling the volunteer forces for men, stations, apparatus, and horses. The city grew in leaps and bounds, swallowing up neighborhoods, communities, and smaller cities along the way, with the fire department nipping at their heels. This brave force battled devastating fires throughout the years, most notably the Great Fifth Ward Fire in 1912, the 1943 Gulf Hotel Fire, the Woodway Square Apartment Conflagration in 1979 and the Southwest Inn Fire in 2013. What was once a smattering of volunteer fire brigades has grown into an imposing force of over 3,000 firefighters protecting over two million people in the fourth largest city in the United States.
History of the Houston Fire Department, 1838-1988
Author: Houston Fire Department, 1838-1988
Author: FIRE FIGHTERS OF HOUSTON, 1838-1915
Author: CHARLES D. GREENPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033193006
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Fire Fighters of Houston, 1838-1915
Author: Charles D. GreenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fire departments
Languages : en
Pages : 187
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Fire Fighters of Houston, 1838-1915
Author: Charles D GreenPublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015099289
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
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Fire Fighters of Houston, 1838-1915 (Classic Reprint)
Author: Charles D. GreenPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780484289061
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Excerpt from Fire Fighters of Houston, 1838-1915 The author deeply deplores his inability to secure official data during the period of the Republic - 1836 to 1845, and the ante-bellum period - 1845 to 1861 also his inability to mention many worthy men whose services were crowned with honor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Fire Engines, Fire Fighters
Author: Paul C. DitzelPublisher: Random House Value Publishing
ISBN: 9780517460047
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Souvenir of the Houston Fire Department
Author: Houston (Tex.). Fire DepartmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74
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