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2 Chapter Five The first black Fire Fighter was hired in 1955, however it was not the first time a black man fought a fire in Houston. In 1863 slaves provided the manpower keeping the city safe while the majority of the Fire Fighters were involved with the Civil War. It would take 92 years after the Civil War before a black man would officially wear the uniform of the Houston Fire Department. The size of the Department would grow to over 700 men by the early 1950 s and fire trucks were being fitted with two-way radios to improve communication. Along with the added Fire Fighters, the Department acquired 19 pieces of equipment in 1952 to meet the demand of the cities expansion. Air Pac s were introduced in 1953 but it would take a period of adjustment before the rank and file Fire Fighters would use them. By the end of the 1950 s the Department responded to calls in a 400-square mile radius and serviced a population of over 900,000. The variety of fires fought during this time illustrated the risk associated with being a Fire Fighter. Intentional fires set by an arsonist in 1953 would damage four lumber yards. During the same year a fireworks factory would explode killing four and wounding over 70 people. A spectacular fire on the Amoco Virginia tanker would end the 1950 s with great loss of life and property. Much like the 1920 s the number of line of duty deaths this decade was high. Fire Chiefs: Thomas J. Powers Joe Lobue Claude A. Bullock Line of Duty Deaths: Rufus J. Templet Joseph Earl Bull Connor Charley Albert Middlekauf Fidel Chabolla Joseph Joe J. Solito Frank Catino Woodrow Wilson Erwin Delbert Harvey Sherfy William Henry Kersten Willis Neal McWhorter D.H. Chandler Jr. Charles A. Jedlicka Left: Amaco Virgina ship fire at the Hess Terminal on Federal Road on Houston s East side. (Family of W. O. Hunter) Chapter Five 107
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4 Top Left and Bottom Left: Two additional photos of the Farrar Lumber blaze showcase the fire storm the Fire Fighters endured. (Houston Fire Department) Above: This image is a photo of the uniform patch that was worn in the late 1940 s until the middle 1950 s. The Fire Fighters wore a kakki uniform with the patch above the left breast pocket. (Houston Fire Museum) Opposite Page: The afternoon of September 7, 1953 Farrar Lumber Company located 2401 Texas Avenue caught fire and was a total loss. The business covered the whole block and by the time the first engine arrived they had a large amount of fire and smoke visible. The Fire Fighers endured tremdous heat battling this blaze. (Owen Johnson-Houston Post) Chapter Five 109
5 Above: Chief David Fuller as a young captain at the Drill Tower later became the HFD Training Chief. He served HFD proudly for 39 years. Photo taken late s. (Family of W. O. Hunter) Above Right: Shown in this photo is the Wild Line exercise all cadets must complete. The two-and-a-half inch hose line is charged and the cadet must go to the end and catch the open butt of the hose line. The trainee Fire Fighter in the photo is Wilbur A. Robson, who entered the HFD in early (Family of Wilbur Robson) Right: Ladder drill at the HFD Training Facility. Photo taken (Houston Fire Department) 110 Chapter Five
6 This training class started in November 1956 and competed their training early in From left to right, front row, C. J. Maxwell, D.A. Heil, James Robertson, Robert Bob Zimmerman, Jones, White and Smith. Middle row, Chief Fred Hooker, W. R. Johnson, John Hayes, Clare Travelbee, Alvin Keil, D. J. Self, Frank Patronells, Floyd Snider, Robert Bradley, Ray Watts, Chief Val Jahnke. Back Row, Bill Reaves, C. Ebelt, Carl Ward, Robert Godbey, C. Nowak, Claude Hopkins (LODD-June 30, 1962), Duane Fahr, James P. Miller, Jon King, Charles Gilly. (Credit) Chapter Five 111
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8 Above from Top Left to Bottom Right: Houston Fire Department Fire Chiefs (All Photos Houston Fire Department ) Thomas J. Powers, Fire Chief, 1951 Homer Lyles, Fire Chief, Joe Lobue, Fire Chief, and 1964 Claude A. Bullock, Fire Chief, Top Right: Three Houston Fire Department Chiefs commanding a large fire in Left to right, Chief W. O. Hunter, Chief Joe Lobue and Fire Chief Tom Powers. (Houston Fire Museum) Bottom Right: Two fire dispatchers in 1950, left to right, Phillip Mitchell and Roy Cutbert. (Earl McWilliams) Opposite Page: A 1953 house fire in the south part of town. Engine 29 is shown in the foreground. The other truck is a late-1920 model still running strong. (Family of W. O. Hunter) Chapter Five 113
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10 Top Left: Houston Fire Department Light Truck. This truck was used from 1950 until about The Fire Fighter in the photo is the truck s Chauffeur Theodore Manahan. The truck was automaticly dispatched on all two alarms after sunset. The truck chassis is a 1950 Ford truck. The body was built by the HFD repair shop. (Family of Slim Templeton) Top Right: This photo was taken in front of the Foleys downtown store. It was part of a fire truck display for Fire Prevention week October (W.O. Hunter) Bottom Left: This is what the Light Truck looks like today. It rests in a fenced-in alley between the HFD Repair Shop and the HPD impound lot. (Scott Mellott) Opposite Page: The crew of Fire House No. 42 in front of their 1955 Mack pumper. The Fire House opened in 1955 when the city annexed the area. The building was built in 1950 as the City of Clinton Park s City Hall. In 1955 the City of Houston remodeled the building for it to function as a Fire House. From left to right, Willie Cooper, Clifford Thompson and William Perry. (Houston Fire Museum) Chapter Five 115
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12 Opposite Page: Fire Fighter s Union meeting in Wallace Whitley was the President and he was leading the monthly meeting. (Earl McWilliams) Left: Ground breaking for the new Union Hall, From left to right, President of the Fire Fighters Union, Lester Carl Price, James Williams, President of the AFL- CIO, Deputy Chief Cady Price, Fire Chief Joe Lobue. (Earl McWilliams) Below: Ralph Pinchy Grant, Houston Fire Department photographer in He helped start the first Department Photo Division. (Family of Ralph Grant) Chapter Five 117
13 Above: Water Tower 1 in front of the Central Station on Preston in Downtown Houston. This apparatus was the first one bought by the Department in It was still going strong in 1955 when this photo was taken. (Family of W. O. Hunter) Top Right: One of the first trucks, a 1948 Ford Crash Truck, to be assigned to Houston Municipal Airport (Hobby). Photo taken early-1950 s. (Family of W. O. Hunter) Bottom Right: Crew of Municipal Airport Field Crash Station. The Crash Truck is an 1953 American LaFrance Engine and Foam Truck. The photo was taken in 1956 and the next year the crew moved to Fire House 36, 7720 Air Port Blvd which was considered a crash station. (Family of J. B. Martin) Opposite Page: Fire House No. 22, located 7825 Harrisburg. Photo taken in Indentifed in this photo from left to right, top row, Cleatus Stumpy Dunn, Unknown, Loren V. Thomas, Fred Pratorius, and Joe. The two Fire Fighter sitting in the from the one on the left is Unknown, the one on the right is Robert Godbey, (Family of L.V. Thomas) 118 Chapter Five
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15 This Page: It was described as one of the worst fires in 20 years for downtown Houston. Known as the Alaskan Fur fire, this early morning blaze would test the stamina of every Fire Fighter who braved the subfreezing weather to fight it. It was a four alarm event that would entail the use of miles of hose and twenty three pieces of equipment including the Department s battle veteran Water Tower. Sixteen guided streams of water attacked the fire thru smoke that was at times so thick it obscured the forty plus Fire Fighters on Main Street assigned to control it. The fire ended up damaging seven stores located in the 600 block of Main with an estimated loss of over $500,000. Tragically two Fire Fighters, Captain Rufus Bullock Templet and Chauffer Joseph Bull Connor would suffer fatal heart attacks due to the fire. Photo made January 31, (Family of J.B. Martin) Opposite Page: Over 45,000 pounds of explosives ignighted at the Alco Fireworks Specialty Company Plant on June 5, This created a mushroom cloud and panic in the streets. Over 100 people were injured with four fatalities recorded due to the explosion. The city council would soon ban firework production material within city limits. (Houston Fire Museum) 120 Chapter Five
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17 Above: Grand opening of Fire House No. 37 in (Houston Fire Department) Right: The Houston Fire Department Band in the mid s. (Houston Fire Department) 122 Chapter Five
18 Top Left: Crew of Fire House No. 14 during a trianing exercise led by Chief Robert Earl Sunday. Shown seated in the photo, left to right, is Floyd Red Evans, William Smokey Jones and Bennie Cook. (Family of Floyd Red Evans) Top Right: View of the 1950 Mack Engine in front of Fire House No. 14. (Family of Floyd Red Evans) Bottom Left: Captain Frank Barney Barletta cooking spaghetti for the crew at the Central Station (Jake Cook) Left: William Smokey Jones and Red Evans working on the evening meal. (Family of Floyd Red Evans) Chapter Five 123
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20 Top Left: Fire House No. 38, 1120 Silber Road, opened in In front of the left apparatus bay is a 1950 American LaFrance City Service Truck, the middle bay holds a 1955 Mack 1000 GPM Engine, and the bay on the right shows a 1956 Ford Chief s Car. When this Fire House opened there were two shifts. Assigned on each shift were one District Chief, two Captains, three chauffeurs, and 10 Pipe and Laddermen. (Houston Fire Department) Above: Trainees jumping into a safety net at the Sam Houston Coliseum (Houston Fire Department) Left: Fire House No.45, 4200 Banner Road. It was built in 1950 as the Fire House for O. S. T. Acres which was annexed in 1956 and became a City of Houston Fire House. When it was opened only one Chauffeur per shift was assigned, in 1959 the HFD fully manned the Fire House. (Houston Fire Department) Opposite Page: Crew of Fire House No. 18. Buster Green is the only Fire Fighter identified in this photo. He is sitting in the driver s seat. Photo taken (Family of A. C. Buster Green) Chapter Five 125
21 Above Right: Two Fire Fighters take a training exam at Fire House No. 33. Show in the photo, left to right, Shift Captain David Fuller, Unknown and Troy Robinson. Photo taken (Houston Fire Department) Right: Chief Charly Middlekauf in 1950 in front of Fire House No. 2. The car is a 1950 Model Oldsmobile. The name of the chauffer is unknowm. Chief Middlekauf would die in the line of duty in (Houston Fire Department) 126 Chapter Five
22 Top Left: The Crew of Fire House No. 18 in about They are manning a 1952 American LaFrance Engine. (Houston Fire Department) Above: Fire Fighter J. D. Fisher training on the Pompier Ladder. He entered the Drill Tower (the Academy) in 1959 and served the HFD for 30 years. He only worked at Fire House No. 28. (Family of J. D. Fisher) Left: Fire House No. 7, 2403 Milam, in The engine and truck are 1952 model American LaFrance and the Chief s car is 1952 Ford. (Houston Fire Department) Chapter Five 127
23 Pages : The Ladies Auxillary began in the early s when Ms. R.J. Templet awoke in the middle of the night to bring her husband coffee while he worked fighting a blaze. It later expanded to a large group of Fire Fighters wives who became affiliated with the Fire Fighters Union. In 1954 they purchased a Chevrolet Station Wagon they used to serve coffee and snacks at large fires (three-alarms or more) for many years. The Chevrolet Station Wagon still exists today. It is in storage at the Houston Fire Museum. ( All photos courtesy of The Rufus Templet Family, The Bill Hausinger Family, and the Houston Fire Museum) 128 Chapter Five
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27 On Sunday morning, November 8, 1959, the Amoco Virgina, a 150,000-gallon tanker and the pride of Amoco s fleet, was loading gasoline at Hess Terminal located on the Houston Ship Channel. A worker who was loading the ship did not realize that there was a hole in the rubber loading hose which was leaking gasoline over the deck of the ship and into the water below. The volatile fuel was ignited by a lantern on the bow of a passing tugboat and the ensuing fire traveled back to the deck of the Amoco Virginia. When the fire reached the ship, it followed the path of the leaking gasoline into its hold were a massive explosion followed, ripping a large hole in the deck. After about 16 hours, 500 Fire Fighters finally took control of and extinguished the blazing inferno. Seven men who were on the ship when it exploded perished and about 40 workers, including Fire Fighters, were injured. During the clean up phase of the fire, Jim Chandler slipped and fell into the gaping hole in the deck; death came instantly. (All photos Houston Fire Department) 132 Chapter Five
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29 134 Chapter Five Crew of Fire House No. 42 in The Fire Fighters from left to right are, Garrett Young, Milton Alford, Captain Doyle Ebel, Wayman Cravin, Samuel Kempt and Chauffeur D. Cunningham is the top of the photo. (Doyle Ebel)
30 In the 1950 s Houston had an impressive skyline. The rail yards to the North continued to generate commerce and downtown would continue its upward growth pattern. This view showcases Houston from the North looking southeast. (The Story Sloane Collection) Chapter Five 135
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