A SIX-YEAR-OLD LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A GREENSBORO FIREFIGHTER DIED IN A CRASH. Greensboro's first African-American fire chief died after an illness, fire officials announced.The ...

is retired from the Hartford Fire Department where she was the first Black female captain in suppression and the first female African American fire captain in operations in the state’s history.

Making history is April Owens’ thing. Not only did she become the first African American woman to be promoted to fire captain in the Baltimore County Fire Department, but it happened during ...

Keith Watts is the first African American fire chief in the department's 117 year history. Earlier this year, Watts helped launch St. Pete's first all-girl firefighting camp Watts is replacing ...

Keith Watts is the city’s first African American fire chief ... St. Petersburg’s first all-girl youth firefighting camp over the summer. [ St. Petersburg Fire Rescue ] In 1992, Watts deployed ...

Angelica Greene, Durham's first female African American battalion chief, has retired from the Durham Fire Department after a 27-year career. Greene will open a new flower shop. Angelica Greene ...

GARY | On Sunday, April 15th, the City of Gary and the State of Indiana made history when the first African-American female fire chief was sworn in by Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson. Teresa Everett ...

FLINT, MI - Flint’s first African American Fire Chief Samuel Dixon Jr. has died at the age of 95. Flags at Flint City Hall will be lowered to half-staff in his honor after the holiday weekend ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - History was made Sunday afternoon at the Air National Guard Base in Gulfport as former Senior Master Sergeant LeCleaise Smith fills the role of Chief Enlisted Manager of ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — For the first time in Norfolk Fire-Rescue’s 150-year history, it will have an African American fire chief, following the swearing-in of Sidney Carroll as its new fire ...