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Top: Houston Fire Academy Class 93A. The cadets began training on January 3, 1993. This class was a fast track class which means that they were in the military or previously a firefighter for another department. This photo was taken in February 1993 shortly before they left the academy to begin their new career. Bottom row left to
Twenty-five area fire departments responded to the incident, some were called and some came on their own. Some of those engine companies went to the surrounding fire houses to respond to emergencies in other areas of the city.
The fire was in the Third Ward, south of downtown Houston. Seen in the photo are left to right, Ladder 7 Firefighters, Brian Prince, James Morell and Shannon Stryk.
Houston Fire Department Training Academy (VJTF), Houston, Texas. 4,339 likes · 4 talking about this · 7,553 were here. This account is operated by the Houston Fire Department Val Jahnke Training...
Glimpses into different historic periods of firefighting, crew shots, and various HFD firefighters. Houston formed its first full-time, paid fire department in June 1895. Prior to that, volunteer firefighters, like those pictured here in front of their steam engine wearing their best parade uniforms, served the small but growing city.
The Houston Fire Museum is fortunate to have an extensive collection of photographs, artifacts, archival materials, and history. Preserving and documenting the early days of firefighting in Houston is crucial.
1 lip 2022 · Providing a panoramic history of the Houston Fire Department from the late 1800s through the 1980s, the digital collection features images of fire trucks, fire stations, firefighters in action battling blazes, and some of the department’s Fire Chiefs through the decades.
