A fire that damaged a duplex and displaced two families Saturday night on the northeast side of Indianapolis was one of dozens of incidents that were blamed on improper fireworks use.
A photo of some of Prince George’s County Maryland’s newest firefighters has gone viral and features eight Black women, who are among those working to save lives. https://www.instagram.com/p/B7mtr__l7Vw/?utm_source=ig_embed The Prince George’s County Fire Department recently made history when Chief Deputy Tiffany Green became the first female African-American Fire Chief to serve the department, WUSA9 reports. According to […]
NEW YORK — The former president of the Vulcan Society, a fraternal organization for Black firefighters in New York City, recounted numerous incidents of racial discrimination, saying Black firefighters were”effectively ostracized” by their white colleagues, yesterday in a discrimination trial agaisnt New York City’s Fire Department. Paul Washington, 49, described rampant use of the N-word and […]
