Roanoke community members gathered Thursday at Fire Station 5 on Orange Avenue to honor Chief Rawleigh Quarles.

ROANOKE, Va. – A new space inside Roanoke Fire Station 5 now bears the name of a local trailblazer. Today, city leaders and ...

Rockdale County Fire Rescue Chief Marian McDaniel has resigned, months after a chemical fire at the BioLab facility led to evacuations across the county. County officials confirmed McDaniel ...

HOUSTON - The Houston Fire Department has made history by appointing Assistant Chief Marion Spann as the city's first Black female Fire Marshal. Spann, a seasoned firefighter with over 29 years of ...

Shelly Carter, who has been serving as Hamden's acting fire chief, has been chosen to serve as the next permanent leader of ...

As fire chief of Goldsboro ... Hesson served as the first Black officer to lead GFR in the interim. Chief Dixon will be the first to do so permanently. “I certainly understand that I stand ...

Dr. Smith was sworn in as the 8th fire chief since 1975 and first Black fire chief in the department’s history. His experience in emergency services is extensive. Originally from Jamaica ...

Marian McDaniel, the first-ever Black woman fire chief in Rockdale County, Georgia, resigned on Feb. 3, Fox 5 reports. A county spokesperson said CEO JaNice Van Ness immediately pointed James ...

WELL, HISTORY MADE IN BALTIMORE COUNTY. JOSEPH DIXON HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS THE COUNTY’S NEW FIRE CHIEF, MAKING HIM THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO LEAD THAT DEPARTMENT. IT’S MY PLEASURE. AND HONOR TO ...

However, not for Joseph Dixon, Baltimore County's first Black fire chief. "I'm happy to be a qualified first black chief and it is important for me to be able to do the job, be able to do the job ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Pete Mayor Ken Welch named Keith Watts as the first Black fire chief in St. Petersburg Fire Rescue's history. According to a news release from the city, Watts joined ...

The Houston Fire Department has named Marion Spann the city’s new fire marshal, making her the first Black woman to serve in that role in Houston. Spann, formerly the department’s assistant ...